First thought: “Oh the days of tumblr.” In all seriousness, this is such a cool way for people to be collaborative all over the country. I like how knitting projects do not have to be restricted to one location, but can be a culmination of many peoples’ work from all over. Having people submit quotes on the tumblr page to be turned into yarn bombing in LA is awesome. It lets people have a stake in it even if they do not know how to knit. I think the main theme in these readings was the idea of opening up a conversation. Many people do not even expect to be presented with this conversation when they ask a knitting circle at a coffee shop what they are doing, but that gives it even more power. I never considered the stereotype that knitting is considered a white woman’s activity. I do see that it exists and I am glad people are making it their mission to start talking about it. It is not that they need reasoning to “make it about race” but knitting has proven to be a way to shed light on a variety of social and political issues. It is a voice that I never considered, and I am excited to have a tool like knitting under my belt after this class and see what opportunities there can be for quiet activism.
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