https://www.phansw.org.au/knitting-as-an-historical-and-activist-source/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=knitting-as-an-historical-and-activist-source Thu, 10 Dec 2020 09:36:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.phansw.org.au/knitting-as-an-historical-and-activist-source/#comment-239777 Thu, 02 Mar 2017 11:21:38 +0000 http://www.phansw.org.au/?p=2792#comment-239777 Love this – am knitting a pussy hat this very minute, for my friend. Finished my own a week ago.

]]> https://www.phansw.org.au/knitting-as-an-historical-and-activist-source/#comment-239762 Tue, 28 Feb 2017 12:52:56 +0000 http://www.phansw.org.au/?p=2792#comment-239762 Guerilla knitters and suburban sewers exist in hidden groups across the suburban landscape. Most libraries host a knitting group dedicated to Wrapt in Love (a charity making united or crocheted square blankets). My doctor’s surgery waiting room has a basket of knitting for those brave enough to knit squares in public (women of a certain age). Guerrilla knitters appear randomly creatively wrapping telegraph poles and street signs, drawing attention to public ugliness that needs the attention of being wrapped in wool or poly fibre.
Consider the Steam Punk sewers. Truly a hidden historical group. Their ornate and accurate historical costume creations of the 19th and early 20th century are subtlety decorated with skulls and the other symbols of punk culture.

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