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Proper tea is theft

I made this tea cozy the other day, with a little help from the internet for tutorials and my cousin for some of the materials. The cross stitch is pretty simple and something I’ve been working on since around May Day. I really like how it turned out. I found the picture at Radical Graphics and then turned it into a pattern.

Except it’s awesome cuteness, I also like the notion of that something is brewing – that underneath the surface we can create our own little pockets of resistance and  counter culture and that one day, it might boil over into the rest of society.

You wanna make you’re own tea cozy? Here’s a tutorial and here’s the pattern that I used for this one:

Or just make up your own pattern!

Anarchism, Craftiness, Craftivism, Tutorials/Patterns, xstitch

11 Responses to “Proper tea is theft”

1. Nikki says:

   May 11, 2009 at 9:22 pm

   Love it!
2. Cate says:

   May 12, 2009 at 5:52 am

   gorgeous!
3. Lilith says:

   May 12, 2009 at 7:56 am

   Very clever !

   Liliths last blog post..Joyeux Beltaine !
4. sparx says:

   May 17, 2009 at 11:55 pm

   i like it coz it’s funny when words sound the same but mean different things.
5. Brenda says:

   May 19, 2009 at 3:02 am

   I miss the anarchist teapot in Wellington – they bulldozed it to bud a road… go wellington!

   Brendas last blog post..yay congrats!
   Yay to Pam -
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9. Zack says:

   April 23, 2011 at 2:52 am

   Aaaaaahhh I love this so much!!! Believe it or not, I’m the original artist, and though I’ve seen this piece journeying bravely hither and thither across the internets since I uploaded it to radical graphics, this is BY FAR THE MOST FLATTERING THING I’ve ever seen done with it! Thank you so much for doing this, and I love what you say about it in your post; that’s what I was thinking when I made it. It’s soooo amazing. Thanks again. If you’re ever in Santa Barbara, CA I’ll give you cookies.
   -Zack
10. johanna says:

    April 25, 2011 at 2:35 pm

    Zack: Thanks for the awsome comment, it made my day! I’m glad you like what I did with your original work… and if I ever get to Santa Barbara, I’m gonna take you up on that offer about cookies.
    johanna´s last [type] ..alienation is my nation
11. johanna says:

    April 25, 2011 at 2:36 pm

    Zack: Thanks for the awsome comment, it made my day! I\’m glad you like what I did with your original work… and if I ever get to Santa Barbara, I\’m gonna take you up on that offer about cookies.