Rachel | Stitches and String Theory

What size is it? You might have more luck looking for pants for a specific, popular doll that's a similar size (Barbie, American girl, Cabbage patch...)

I don't know if they're still needed, but ICE is definitely still there and Midwest winters are long. Here's the address I was given
Whittier Alliance // 10 E 25th St, Minneapolis, MN 55404

Lion Brand Heartland! This color way is Black Canyon

It's a process! And don't get too hung up on things strangers say. Cross stitch is art, and you don't have to follow the "rules" if you don't want to

Three dark gray, hand knit balaclavas lying on a wooden table

It took longer than I had expected (did you know moving sucks up all your free time?) but I finally finished a set of balaclavas to send to Minneapolis protestors. Keep resisting

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My choice of charities is now, upsettingly, even more relevant

It looks great! If you want to add a thing to think about for your second piece, try to make every stitch have the same cross on top, either all / or all \

Ooooh, thank you! Either way, I didn't know about this stitch

A close-up of a commercially made sweater sleeve in beige yarn with a crosshatch pattern

#Knitsky is this a knit stitch I don't know or is it just woven?

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The backerkit campaign for Pumpkin Spice opens in a few days and I'm excited about it. It looks cute as heck

You can learn any of them at any age, even if you're clumsy! I think cross stitch has the shortest learning curve of the ones you asked about (I do them all), but all three needle-and-thread crafts need decent close vision (or adequate glasses) and good light

Four Actions You Can Take Today (despite the weather) | Badass Cross Stitch Get more from Badass Cross Stitch on Patreon

The Minneapolis Central Library. You can find a little more information here:
www.patreon.com/posts/four-a...

Ooooh, this looks super cozy. What pattern and yarn did you use?

A POV shot of a lap. A brown and white dog has his head on the picture taker's thigh and his eyes are closed. On top of the dog, covering the rest of the lap, are a hand-knit blanket and an in-progress hand-knit balaclava in dark gray yarn. A stitch marker in the shape of "Fishbones," a weapon the character Jinx uses in the video game League of Legends

Copper is keeping me company while I work on a set of balaclavas to send to Minneapolis protestors

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The red hat knitting pattern has caused a lot of discourse that I think has been mostly circular and unhelpful. @badasscrossstitch.bsky.social warns in her book that Craftivism often leans too hard into "craft" and not enough into "act." That said, there are so many ways to make change through art

I try not to cross the streams between this "real" account and my secondary "fandom" account, but here is a very cool example of Craftivism - donating fanfiction and fanart commissions to a charity auction. I've signed up to create three fanfiction pieces
fandomtrumpshate.tumblr.com/post/8068429...

Ooooh, thank you!

Ooooh. What pattern are you using for the jacket itself? Making a quilted data jacket is a very tempting idea

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Yarn and notions charity auction is open!

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Back to Black is back!

@gamesdonequick.com’s annual fundraiser for Race Forward has returned for Black History Month. Last year, GDQ's @blackinaflash.bsky.social community of players raised $44K. They're back again, February 5-8, to speedrun through your favorite classic and latest video games.

I'll be hosting another charity KAL starting March 31 (Trans Day of Visibility), raising money for the Transgender Law Center. Not currently planning on doing blog posts or giveaways, but if there are yarn dyers or pattern designers interested in a collab, please reach out!

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If there are any specific topics you think would be helpful to have laid out to pass out at protests or town meetings or to drop off at local immigrant resource centers, please let me know

Assorted Antifascism Zines : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive A place for me to store assorted one-page anti-fascism zines for distribution. Currently contains:Spencer Sunshine's 40 Ways to Fight FascismACLU's Know...

I found a better tool for zine layout, so I redid a few of my past anti-fascism zines. These should look a little nicer when folded now, with better-centered text on each minipage. Pinning this post because I'll hopefully continue to add to the collection
archive.org/details/anti...
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Simple Sabotage Field Manual by United States. Office of Strategic Services Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.

The original field manual, for anybody who missed it when it became briefly popular last year: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26184

Thinking more about the Simple Sabotage Field Manual. It was informative but out of date. I want to compile a new list of ways to throw grit into the gears, and I would love help adding to it. Things like: "submit false reports to online snitch systems"

#Craftivism #GoodTrouble #Antifascism

I haven't started working on it. I grabbed the pattern, but my yarn is all boxed up at the moment

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A call has gone out through @badasscrossstitch.bsky.social for balaclavas to help keep protestors in Minneapolis warm and anonymous

www.patreon.com/posts/four-a...

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Remember the Simple Sabotage Field Manual that got really popular on Project Gutenberg last year? I'm typesetting it for hand binding, but I'm also prepping to move so my printer and everything is packed. Any bookbinders on here willing to take the PDF and give it a shot?

#Bookbinding #Craftivism

Mutual Aid by Dean Spade is free on Libro for the next week (until 2/2). 

We know that books can't fix everything, but they can help us show up for and strengthen our communities. Our employee book club read this last year, leading to a great discussion. We hope that it helps others do the same 💗 ⏬