Sisters : The Lives of America's Suffragists by Jean H. Baker I liked this book. it was a little on the academic side but still readable & interesting because...
Gwyneth, good to see your post. What's the copyright on the book, would I possibly find in my library system? Good luck with the sweater. I've had several...
Shannon, I would think that the book would be available at the library. It's recent 2005, but it's the kind of thing a library would want in their collection...
... Hi, when I was getting my MSW read a lot of Jean Baker's writings on women and relationships.... does anyone know what the instruction Kfb might mean, am...
Heleena- Kfb usually means knit in both the front and the back of the next stitch. It's an interesting maneuver, but basically you are making 2 stitches out...
We are accepting submissions of essays and artwork for the cover. Essays on knitting as a place for feminist consciousness or social change and or images of...
Hello All, Not a lot of activity on this list lately. How are you all doing? What are you knitting? Any intersection of craft and feminism you find interesting...
Gwyneth- hello! Geeze, I'd forgotten I was on this knit list due to the lack of activity on it! I agree with all you've said about the agism implied in the...
hi everyone, i agree that concepts of age and knitting are stupid. when or how or what i knit is not the issue, the fact that i am creating is. and yes, our...
Thank you gweneth and shannon! Since my latest pattern was published on Knitty there have been quite a few new people who have requested to join this group...
I will admit to a few occassions when I have my knitting with me in the car but don't pull it out to actually knit because I fear judgement. I am living in a...
Shannon, Kathy & Sarah, Thanks for expressing yourselves. Sisterhood is powerful! In my rant I forgot to mention what I'm working on. 1 white square for Hokie ...
hi gwyneth, i generally let them lanquish for a while. i find that eventually i will turn back to something. i am notorious for finishing the pieces of a...
I also am one who finds the dishing of our ancestress and ancestors (men did knit too) offensive and degrading. I carry my knitting everywhere I go even on...
hi margaret, there is something about the knits of the past isn't there? that is why i think that knitting is a feminist action. for so long women's history...
Well said. I would love to say that I knit as a feminist act, but really I knit for the craft of it (it's one of several crafts I do), but it's kind of cool...
I knit for many reasons, first and foremost because I love to give family, friends and acquaintances something that I have made with love and happy thoughts. I...
I am looking for a knitting group in the Washington Heights area of NYC or would love to start one...maybe meet every other week...likeminded feminists...
Sounds great! Unfortunately, I'm way north of NYC- Maine! I've found trouble starting a knitting group locally because of my schedule compared to other...
hi heleena i also live in nyc. but i live in brooklyn which is quite the ride from washington heights unfortunately, but i used to hang out up there when i was...
Hi Kathy, there is a lovely knitting store in the Village near Waverly and 6th, a lot of the same folks come there to knit on Saturdays, and it has sells...
Hi Everyone- My husband and I are leaving tomorrow for a trip to Amsterdam, Paris, and a few spots in Germany. Anyone have any good traveling suggestions or...
Ok, well this group has been very, very quiet. Since I am the group moderator I want to make sure that everyone knows that you are free to post about anything...
Hello, I had the same experience walking through the red light district in amsterdam. Unfortunately I was a little stoned (hey when in Rome...) so I really...
... to ... to ... Ranch ... most ... is ... and ... There ... that ... of ... wrong ... at ... some ... I am curious what the word "normal" implies...aren't...
... I have often thought that making prostitution a legal luxery industry would not only help the men and women selling their bodies but also the nation as a...
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