i started making this cross stitch around 1st of may (when else?) & now that it was finished, i wanted to use it for something suitable. & what's better than a tea cozy? i've never made one before, but with a little help from the internet & my cousin who provided some of the material, it actually turned out pretty nice. i won't show you the inside of it now though, 'cause there you can really see that sewing isn't my line of business...
the plan is to also line it with some of that red satin ribbon. but after three broken sewing machine needles i felt that my patience was running out, so i'm saving that for some other day.
you wanna make your own tea cozy? here's a tutorial in swedish & here's one in english. & here you have the pattern i used, i made it from one of the stencils at radical graphics.
while you're at it, take a look at this girls crafty blog, i really found it inspiring for today's project.
& here's the result of yesterdays + today's renewed love for nasum. now i feel inspired to massproduce patches again, just have to figure out bands with logos that would work well as xstitch patterns. naked aggression & infect are good candidates...
it went very well with the book i'm reading right now, the popular music studies reader. i mean, who could resist academic texts on topics like: understanding hipness: 'subcultural capital' as feminist tool; rules of rebellion: slamdancing, moshing and the american alternative scene; voices from the margins: rap music and contemporary cultural production or smells like teen spirit: riot grrrls, revolution and women in independent rock? it's really heaven for a sucker for subcultural nerdyness with a twist of academics like me. & i get to write about it & get credit for it! makes me wanna start off every day with a song. or some d-beat.
anyhow, here's some close ups & since i'm off to the island for easter vacation tomorrow (crafting! thrift stores! food! candy!) i'll leave you with a feminist anthem for the 21 century.
hi kids, i know i've been a bad blogger this last month. it's just been the usual lack of inspiration & time when it comes to the crafting, thus no posts here. but today i gathered some friend in my home for an all day craft session with good food, good music & good conversation. & a camera!
that's all you get for know, but me & nadja are planning a street art/activist campaing that hopefully will be realized in the near future. i'll keep you updated. & as always, i'll try to do better with the blogging.
oh, almost forgot: i reacently re-configurated the hard drive of my pc & it was a true moment of happiness for me - no more blue screens of death, no more annoying pop ups, no more hassel. but unfortunately i lost most of my bookmarks in the process, so if anyone of you out there got som good crafty/diy links to share, feel free to leave a comment.
so i finished my first pair of knitted hand/wrist warmers today. small step for humankind, but a huge leap for me. tried to do something with a pattern this time & what could be better than to start off with the classic venus/feminist symbol?
it might not be the most neat knitting in the world, but i'm still learning... i found the pattern for the symbol at subversive knitting & then just sort of made the rest up. it was pretty easy & fast, good for a newbie like me. if i could, i would give you the pattern here but i actually don't know how to write out knitting patterns... they start with six rows knit 2, purl 2 (bottom) & end with four rows of the same, otherwise it's just plain knitting with two different colors & then sewing the two sides together & leaving a whole for the thumb. when you put them on it looks something like this (yes, it is very tricky to photograph your own hands):
