A bit of this, a bit of that
Hi folks
I’m not doing terribly well at the blogging these days since I rarely have two hands free. And try as I might, I just can’t stand the tedium of trying to write with one hand. So I have been keeping my updates in Twitter land and my new Tumblr.
Are you on Tumblr? It is FUN! It’s kind of like blogging but more asthetic. It’s almost like mini curating. There seems to be two types of Tumblrs. There’s people Tumblrs, where people just post and reblog all the stuff they like and then there’s theme based Tumblrs which anyone can submit to so long as it fits the theme criteria.
I started a Tumblr account for Radical Cross Stitch and already have a bunch of followers and have found a whole bunch of interesting people to follow. I’m especially enjoying finding all the activisty, vegany, crafty, feministy womyn out there. Tumblr sure seems to be a great way to surround yourself in like minded awesome people.
I’ve also started another couple of accounts (because I got carried away!) and these are theme based ones. Inspired by great accounts like Fuck Yeah, Owls! and Fuck Yeah, Cultural Appropriation!! I started Fuck Yeah, Granny Square.
Firstly I started FYGS because it was such a brilliantly lovely rhyme and I couldn’t believe no one had already done it. Also Granny Squares are FREAKIN AWESOME and absolutely deserve a tribute site (or ten). The FYGS blog has been set up as a community one so anyone can submit so you should totally go and submit your favourite pics.
If you need some extra inspiration, there’s a couple of cool projects online that you can check out. Firstly Little Miss Apocolypse got inspired to do a call out for radical squares to make a collective afghan. This is such a cool idea and I reckon the aim will be to auction off a final piece to fund raise for some cool revolutionary organisation. Maybe RAWA? Dunno, anyone got any ideas? In the meantime, jump aboard and crack out your crochet hook.
And if you need incentive to actually finish one, check out the Meet Me at Mikes Granny Square a Day 2010 challenge (yeah I know it’s June, but it’s never too late to start something fun!).
The irony of all this granny square enthusiasm is that I don’t actually know how to make them myself (sigh). BUT I want to! So hopefully all this excitement will lead to me getting off my bum and DOING it. I am enlisting help and the lovely and awesomely clever at doing granny square, Gemma Jones is coming over for a solstice feast and I’m going to bat my eyelashes until she sits down and shows me. Promise I’ll share my results. You should join in too! If I can, anyone can!
Since Tumblrs are so much fun I got carried away and set up Fuck Yeah, Vintage Craft (I know, I’m hours away from rehab). I’ve always wanted a space to put all the beautiful/hilarious photos in all my vintage craft books. And there’s so many clever people out there photographing vintage craft supplies and finished pieces. So I set up FYVC to celebrate the beauty in vintage craft. This is also a public blog so if you’ve got stuff to submit, please do!
Finally, there’s been a bit of fun and games going on at our Facebook Page. If you don’t like us yet, please do! We’re almost at 1000! The best bit about the Page is seeing the Fan pics that people add of their latest projects. There’s been some brilliantly inspiring stuff. Would love to see yours!
Stay tuned for some Craft Cartel newsy writeup!
xox