The photo above changed my life. No, really. It was the beginning of my discovery of Riot Grrrl and DIY ethics. This picture made me realize that it was okay to be angry and confused and frustrated and loud as a teenage girl. It made me not feel so alone at 16 when I was [...]
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One last check of the news before I go to bed tonight and the front page of The Guardian (online) has photos from past Holi celebrations.
I’m not sure how I’ve managed to entirely miss Holi, the Festival of Colors, until this evening. It is a welcoming of springtime by a number of Eastern religions, the [...]
In response to my post last week about Haiti, lovely crafter and blogger Kristin from SpinHandspun.com reminded me about Knitters Without Borders.
Knitters Without Borders was started by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee (aka The Yarn Harlot) in response to the 2004 tsunami. For the Knitters Without Borders Challenge, she asked knitters to take note of how they were [...]
For a long, long time now, I’ve been focusing on primarily the indie craft world in English speaking countries. As I’ve lived in both the UK and the US they’ve gotten the most attention, with Canada and Australia** lagging behind. Well, guess what?
I’m flip-flopping and focusing more on international craft these days instead of mainly [...]
For the past few days, there’s been a bit of an online kerfuffle about race and craft and the group Knitta, Please. As a result, the Knitta, Please website now defaults to MagdaSayeg.com. Here’s a link to a post about it on my friend Cinnamon’s blog because she provides the Cliff’s Notes version with links. [...]
