Category: Knitting for the Bodies we have

In this category you’ll find posts that discuss the diversity of knitters and how that is reflected in our knitting practice and approach

Knitting for the Bodies we have: International Women’s Day 2021

March 8, 2021

When so many of us returned to knitting as part of the sustainable DIY activist movement that empowered makers, how has it been co-opted to perpetuate normative beauty myths and conspicuous consumption? In this post to mark the 26th anniversary of International Women’s Day I want to focus on one of the 12 critical areas of the Beijing Declaration, ‘Women and the Media’ to reflect on how the social media activity of our knitting community ‘plays … More Knitting for the Bodies we have: International Women’s Day 2021

#fubc Shawl Kit: The Knocker Jotter, an Interview with Susan and Victoria

November 3, 2017

One of the key components of the #fubc Shawl kits is the ‘Knocker Jotter’, a glossy journal containing the portraits of 16 remarkable women who have not only been through what the introduction describes as ‘the harrowing journey of cancer, the diagnosis, the treatment, the side effects and living with them all’, but who also wanted to put themselves ‘out there’ so that others in a similar situation would not feel alone. They show not … More #fubc Shawl Kit: The Knocker Jotter, an Interview with Susan and Victoria