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#FreeDC - domestic arts ↔️ public message - guerilla knitters - craftivism - 'to understand how the primarily domestic activity of knitting became a preferred method of political activism, we must unspool the 🧶' --Andy Marlow
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The people of DC are joyful and powerful, and we deserve the right to KNIT. (Also to crochet.) (Also to govern ourselves.)
Seeing a 📝pattern here? #FreeDC

🧶 To stitch your own, just start or click the link. Put them up yourself or mail to address provided. Post pics here!

bit.ly/FDCyarnbomb
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The yarn bombings continue in war ravaged Portland…take cover! Go to your safe rooms! Find a buddy if you have to walk the streets! Do not attempt to deactivate a yarn bomb unless you are a professional.

#portland #yarnbomb #nokings #protest
Happy Halloween!
#FreeDC
My goodness. Please don’t send in ghosts. They are very frightening. We only rate dogs. Thank you... 12/10 (IG: theodore.goldenvelt)
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“DC should absolutely pass a policy like Chicago just did, creating ICE-free zones. We should not be allowing ICE agents to use establishments in our communities, even for restrooms or breaks.” — Dante O’Hara
🙉 Guess which streaming platform we will NOT be listening to as we knit our #FreeDC yarn bomb masterpieces (using this pattern: bit.ly/FDCyarnbomb).

#FreeDC #cancelSpotify
Spotify is running recruitment ads for ICE.

A platform built to connect creators and listeners is helping an authoritarian regime build up its secret police force.

But we’re not going to idly accept that. We’re going to make Spotify listen: indivisible.org/cancel-spoti... #CancelSpotify
"Roost trips"? Like hen parties on the go.
How quaint is it that somebody here obviously said, not so long ago, OK *now* for real I'm gonna get organized, and went out + bought that adorable array of storage bins, which proved, in no time at all, completely inadequate to the task of Ever. Keeping. One's Yarn. Under. Control.
"Loombombing"? Another means of messaging-by-stitching in this newly registered Scottish tartan that memorializes victims of witchcraft persecution.

(Fun fact: "Plaid" in old Scots Gaelic meant "blanket.")

#knitsky
A new Scottish tartan memorializing the (mainly) female victims of the Witchcraft Act has been officially registered, created by Claire Mitchell and Zoe Venditozzi, founders of the Witches of Scotland campaign #WomensArt
via Smithsonian Magazine
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And then there were two…ribbit ribbit! Portland Frog Hat knitting pattern for super bulky and worsted, free on my website.
#portlandfrog #portlandfroghat #pdxknitterati #knitting
Out now, in the leafy wilds of Northwest DC, another new yarnbomb, and WE LOVE THIS SO MUCH 💝💝💝.

#FreeDC #yarnbomb #knitsky

Want to knit one and send to us? Mailing address in pattern: bit.ly/FDCyarnbomb
ngl -- We like it. And the wall color, too.
We remember wondering in the early 2000s if we could still bring knitting needles on airplanes. (These were the old-fashioned stick kind, not circulars, and tbh, you really could use them as weapons in a pinch.) The answer was 'yes,' but the scissors? They were confiscated.
update: not only are you allowed to knit, the jury pool waiting room for the state superior court on jay street has a reading selection exclusively featuring by crochet magazines
To #FreeDC, we need and rely on independent, authentic — and highly readable 🤓 — local news, like @51st.news.
"Cooperatively run structures are a path forward when we're seeing systems collapse."

Proud to be one of 6(+???) worker-led newsrooms in @tinynewscollective.bsky.social.

Here's how to join us, feat. interviews with our co-founder @maddiepoore.bsky.social and @soleilho.com of @coyotemedia.org:
How to start a worker-led news outlet: A tale of two newsrooms
How two newsrooms — The 51st and COYOTE Media Collective — launched their worker-led organizations
www.tinynewsco.org
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After I posted about the No Kings event in Paris, some folks got upset with me. So I made this to express how sorry I am.
cluck cluck

DC law prohibits back-yard hen houses, but I suppose this sort might be fine. Especially if they say "Free DC"!!!

::: Pattern link in bio, hint hint :::

#FreeDC #yarnbomb
I couldn’t resist the Emotional Support Chicken last year, so here are Henelope Featherington and Eggatha Crispy. #showmeyourknitting
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Protest. Knit. Impede ICE... All at once.

Portland rocks.

#knitsky #FreeDC
Knit-in at the peaceful Portland protest. There’s mutual aid hotdog stand & lots of folks holding placards on each corner. As ICE vehicles enter & exit the crowd would holler “Quit your job!”.

To our neighbors who are being kidnapped and terrorized by ICE I say, No estás solo, you are not alone.💪🏽 🧶
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DMV friends, if you’ve been looking for a good place to help out your neighbors, the Capital Area Food Bank is a great option.
DC folks, if you want to support furloughed/fired federal workers, consider:
www.capitalareafoodbank.org
Can you read this one? (Find a hint in the hashtags.)
I will always stand in solidarity with fellow immigrants everywhere ✊❤️‍🔥

Unblocked. Pattern by @thedoilymaven.bsky.social 🤩

#crochet #filetcrochet #doily #abolishice 🧶
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The clocks turned, autumn is truly here. I spent this rainy & blustery afternoon in Berlin making these needle felted acorns 🧶 #Handarbeitsclub