craft + activism = craftivism.

In or near East London this Thursday (the 19th) between the hours of 1pm and 6pm? Go check out Fine Cell Work’s selling exhibition of their wares! Their new film (below) will also be shown at the event, so hop to it! Leathersellers’ Hall 15 St. Helen’s Place, London EC3A 6DQ Having seen their work [...]

Last weekend there was a lovely piece in The Guardian about “yarn storming,” written by a reporter who had seemingly never knitted anything in his life, but was along to see what all the fuss was about with a knitter from Knit The City. After you check out the article, here are some lovely videos [...]

I could watch this all day long. Everytime I pass the train tracks in Carrboro, I think of her as a little girl, sitting by her Lloyd Street home watching the train go by and writing these lyrics.

After writing about craft since 2003, I’ve found my interests shift dramatically as of late. The crafty cozies and tutes I used to care about, I’m now just “meh” about. To be quite honest, I was really upset about it…as in, What the crap am I going to do NOW? Seeing that it’s been my [...]

Below is the most visited post in my archives, one from March 23, 2004 called Why Craft = Punk Rock. In 2004, I was living in London, getting my MA and had just started writing and researching about craft and community. It was before all the press and essays and was a true time of [...]