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By: Radical Cross Stitch » Fabric of Resistance - The Wiki

Radical Cross Stitch » Fabric of Resistance - The Wiki — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:50:45 +0000

[...] little while ago I mentioned a new project that was about to begin at Radical Cross Stitch and now it’s time to share it with you [...]

By: James David

James David — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:31:17 +0000

I’ll talk to folks at Groundswell about seeking out these stories. Great idea, kakariki!

By: Cate

Cate — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:21:00 +0000

This Steven person seems to be devoid of any creativity if the best he can come up with is to liken craftsters to nazi’s.

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Radical Cross Stitch » People like you just fuel my fire — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:11:08 +0000

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By: kakariki

kakariki — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:40:08 +0000

Absolutely Sayraphim! I wrote about that not too long ago http://radicalcrossstitch.com/2008/06/16/hoist-your-vision-people/

I’ve begun collating stories from this site onto one page and should publish it soon as an index.

Keep em coming people!

And no Lilith I don’t think he’s joking. He just has absolutely no sense of humour, despite subliminally claiming to do so…

I suspect Steven was one of those wee boys standing on the edge of the thrash pits in Sex Pistols gigs wishing he had the courage to spit on someone… I don’t think he would recognise resistance or humour if it smacked him in the face.

By: Sayraphim Lothian

Sayraphim Lothian — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:39:44 +0000

How about the women who sewed the Eureka flag? From wikipedia:

According to Frank Cayley’s book, Flag of Stars, the flag’s five stars represent the Southern Cross, and the white cross joining the stars represents unity in defiance. Professor Geoffrey Blainey has advanced the view the Eureka flag is an Irish cross rather than a configuration of the Southern Cross.[2] The design of the flag was taken by Captain Henry Ross, one of Eureka’s miners and a Canadian expatriate, to three women, Anastasia Withers, Anne Duke and Anastasia Hayes, to sew up in time for a large rally at Bakery Hill, at 2.00pm on 29 November 1854. There is no evidence on who exactly designed the flag, although Ross was known on the diggings as the ‘bridegroom’ of the miners flag. The flag looks similar to the Federation Flag, on which it was based according to some historians.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eureka_Flag

By: Lilith

Lilith — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:27:06 +0000

Sorry, I don’t always get the 64th degree understated in english texts… is this Steven joking or what ?
“Like the Nazis, alternative knitters have no sense of humour.” Hemmm… There I would stitch a “WTF ?”
I’m often wondering why people always think the easiest way to criticize anything is to call it a nazi thing. In this case it is particularly appropriate, as it is well known that nazis tortured people by knitting horrible swastika socks and forcing their victims to wear it ;o)
Anyway I may have understood all wrong, was this humour ? I have a doubt there, and as I am a nazi crafter with no sense of humor, you know…

Liliths last blog post..Grande question n°3 : Pourquoi tant de triskaïdécaphobiques ? Et c’est quoi cette histoire d’échelle ?