hoopla #2!
This is the project that has been sitting on my to-do list the longest this year, and it’s finally done!
The long-awaited second issue of hoopla is finally here featuring all things radically crafty.
Contents include
Fence Stitching
Melbourne Craft Cartel
Addington Women’s Revolutionary Craft Circle
No Spend Craft Month
Wild Earth Quilt Project
Two cross stitch patterns and a crochet pattern
plus more writing, pictures and fun!
Brought to you by radicalcrossstitch.com hoopla is a collection of political, crafty inspiration. Pictures and rants all tied up with string.
You can buy your very own copy at the radical rags etsy store.
And the best bit is that I’ve already got content for issue #3 which I’m thinking will be sometime near the end of the year.
Thanks a million to all the awesome people who helped bring this one together!
Feminist Craft
Woah so I just did a post about crafty actions and then immediately found two more projects. These ones are more DiY so have a go. They both came from the innaugural Down Under Feminist Carnival at Hoyden About Town – which has some great stuff on it, check it out.
These projects are both from this absolutely fascinating project called Fifty Two Acts. I urge you to have a really good look around this site because not only are there some really clever projects on there. But the awesome Sajbrfem who has put it together has done a fantastic job or articulating her rational behind her processes. It’s something I try hard to do because I also come at my art and craft from an open source/hacktivist basis.
Firstly this gorgeous open source pattern for a boob hat which is a follow on from this discussion
And the best bit is that I recently learned to crochet and I reckon I could actually make one of these. I’m gonna have to start looking out for the right wool on my opshop missions.
The other project that she’s started which I reckon is great is the feminist knitalong project called Knit Club. She’s designed a scarf pattern and is feeding 10 rows of the pattern at a time as blog posts. She used the knitpro app and when you finish the scarf it has a special message for all those who participate.
So she’s up to 18 out of 52 projects. I can not wait to see what else comes out of this. I dare say you’ll see more of it here.
Crafty Confession
OK so next year I’m going to be a bridesmaid (weee!) for two of my best friends. And the bride has decided that since I’m a crafty one that I should be in charge of making things for the bridal party to wear.
EEK!
I have been posted instructions and materials. I need to crochet or knit a neck choker (3.5cmx36cm) and a matching thing for the wrist (3.5cmx16cm). The chocker can tie on, the wrist one can be buttoned.
The materials I have been given are a ball of gold metallic vicscose thread, it’s probably about the same thickness as un-separated embroidery floss. Six gold angel buttons about 2cm across, 1cm high. And a bag of gold 3mm pearl beads.
I’ve also been given a ball of DMC perle 8 in a dusty pink colour. It’s the colour the flower girls are going to be wearing, and the instruction was ‘feel free to make them something or not…’
So, well, bugger.
I don’t know how to knit or crochet. I tried to teach myself to crochet over the summer break. I was armed with books, websites, podcasts, diagrams and photos. I made something, but I don’t know if it was crochet…
So has anyone out there got any tips? Any patterns that might work well? I have a year to figure this out!
xox