HandMade
Pumpkin crochet pattern
Small pumpkin: chain 18
Large pumpkin: chain 25
Go into second ch from hook, sc all the way along
Ch 1 to turn, then into 1st st sc back loop only and do this all the way along
Repeat ** until you have 28 or 40 rows,
you should always have 17 or 24 st on every row
To count rows:
First bump after bottom row is 2, next bump is 4, etc.
... See morethe more we have the confidence and ability to make things from what we already have, the less we feed the capitalist system that doesn’t care about us or the people making our stuff or the planet that our rampant consumerism is actively making uninhabitable.
Redefining "Handy" and Learning How to Make Things
"Actually kind of the most anti-consumer thing that you can do is teach a seventh grader how to make their own clothes or dye something from a waste of something else"
- Sasha Duerr on Botanical Colors Feedback Friday: Mapping Color with Sasha Duerr + Maibe Maroccolo
Craft is contemporary because it is progressive, because creating things by hand yourself proposes an alternative microeconomic of local making, a system of exchange more akin to bartering with its emphasis on trade and tactile connections to supply-and-demand. It is environmentally conscious and respectful of the earth's diminishing resources. Cra
... See moreJulia Bryan-Wilson • Eleven propositions to the question: What is contemporary about craft?
Making Things As A Subversion Of Neoliberalism
I watched this really thought-provoking video:
https://youtu.be/JZsGjQurxDc?si=eOE78IS5XgMTW7PN
that details all the ways which knitting or making things subverts neoliberalism. It got me thinking about my own connection to sustainability and slowness and agency.
I think it's very interesting how Virginia
... See moreHow To Solar Print With Turmeric
You'll need:
•coffee filters
•turmeric
•isopropol alcohol
•sheet of glass or plastic
•small jar
•quality paper
•A brush
•a solid object
•baking soda
•water
Method:
- Put the coffee filter on the glass jar and
- add your turmeric, 1 tbsp
- Add 1/4 cup alcohol
- Let it drain through
- brush the liquid onto the card/paper
- put it in
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