I have gone off today on a coach from Stroud with other Wool Against Weapons folk, to protest through the medium of wool. So, rather than a usual blog pot, here are some photos – both taken by Chris Hastie at Druid Camp and are re-used here with permission.
This one was taken early on Saturday night, and as Talis Kimberly sang about Eleanor Roosevelt knitting, Sophie and I were sewing segments of scarf together. The scarf went up for a bit of a dance, which was fabulous as it stretched the length of the marquee!
That’s Tom sat next to me, looking serious.
This one shows a section of scarf laid out in a morning meeting. After the protest, the pieces will be reassembled into blankets and sent to projects that need them. I’m hoping to be involved with that stage, too.
I’ve contributed some knitting (not a whole piece, but lots of bits of communal pieces) and a fair bit of sewing, and some emergency crotchet to fill in a narrow bit.
August 9th, 2014 at 2:54 pm
Nice! 🙂
August 9th, 2014 at 3:22 pm
Wonderful…a wooly protest with bite 🙂
August 9th, 2014 at 4:15 pm
Wow, this sounds like an amazing event. I’m familiar with yarn bombing, but haven’t thought about or heard about using fiber arts in other ways for activism. Love it!
August 10th, 2014 at 7:27 am
this may in fact be something new… but I think we’ll see more of it, because it is awesome!
August 9th, 2014 at 7:51 pm
I do love the term “emergency crochet”. It conjures the possibility of all sorts of other woolley answers to problems and disasters, just as Wool Against Weapons does. Thanks for the post, and the pictures!