Craft Activism

now THAT's some hooking

Have you seen this ad?  Impressive use of crochet, yes? The UK gets all the fun.

I love the inside of the head view with yarn mucus. Thanks to Stacey of Fresh Stitches for bringing this to our attention. posted by Gale

sunflower yarnbombing & a book giveaway

If you aren't already a major Kristin Nicholas fan like I am, then one glance at this photo, of her yarnbombed sunflower field, should do it:                            photo by Kristin Nicholas

Head straight over to her blog and look at some of the other photos from this bit of whimsy. While you're there, enter to win a copy of Craft Activism. (which you can see, from that link, is on Amazon's list of Best Books of 2011. Seriously!)

Krisitn had to wear the ocelot scarf from Craft Activism , once she showed up in those glasses. Perfect!

One of the huge perks of having the book come out has been meeting people I admire while we promote it. I had the best time yapping away with Kristin and her daughter Julia at Webs in Northampton MA. She makes me want to try all kinds of colorful combinations of knitting, stitching andrejoicing in the juiciness of textiles. Go look at these patterns and tell me you don't feel the same way?

posted by Gale 11-11-11

craft activist: norma & the red scarves

When we started to brainstorm what & who to feature in the book, one subject was a no-brainer. Norma Miller and the Red Scarf Project. You can learn why in this free excerpt.

Yup, lookie right here, a glimpse into Norma's Blogging World Headquarters, with the ever adorbs Mr Jefferies. (and I am not one to throw the word adorbs around lightly. Or, um, at all.) More about our photo shoot together for the book over on my knit blog, She Shoots Sheep Shots.

You can win a copy of Craft Activism, our book, in the contest Norma is running this week to support the Red Scarf Scholarship Fund. Go enter--and go knit or crochet a red scarf. Deadline for the scarves  is Dec 15th.

posted by Gale

Craft Voices

How do you top publication day? By following it up with a radio show – an entire 2-hour radio show!!– about Craft Activism. At 3 p.m. Eastern Time, I'll be chatting with Mark Lipinski, craft guru on Creative Mojo. Craft Activist Virginia Fleck in her Austin studio

Also on the program? Gale of course, and four of our super craft activists: Corinne Bayraktaroglu of the JafaGirls, Bee Shay, Virginia Fleck, and Ann Weaver.

If you miss it live, a podcast will be available within a few hours. 

Posted by Joan on Tuesday.

Happy Book Launch Day!

We are thrilled to announce that our new book Craft Activism: People, Ideas, and Projects from the New Community of Handmade and How You Can Join In is released and available in bookstores and online.

Somehow today got here both at a snail's pace, and lightening fast. How does that happen ? We <cough, Gale> haven't quite had the chance to get this blog fully up to speed. Come back often. We'll share  behind-the-scenes visits to makers we met, and makers we want you to know about. There'll  links to craft activism worldwide, ideas, and handmade marvels. The power of making boggles our minds. We want to boggle yours, too.

I was going to say this book is a little of everything but that is not true. It is a lot of everything. Let us know what you think.

Join our brand new Ravelry group , look for this banner.

posted by Gale on Tuesday morning