tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70260510302179496602024-03-13T20:40:49.210+01:00cross yr stitchescraft to fan the flames of discontentjohannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02572778022468367605noreply@blogger.comBlogger103125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7026051030217949660.post-53228285598639850352012-05-17T17:14:00.003+02:002012-05-28T19:31:26.178+02:00I call it Annie's leaf (one of thousands)Okay, so it's been a while... First of all, thanks to everyone who came to the workshop in Stockholm, it was nice to see you + you made the night a smash hit. Looking forward to more of the same later this year. If your'e interested, keep an eye out for more info at <a href="http://www.zickermans.se/" target="_blank">Zickermans</a>.<br />
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Earlier this year, I was invited to participate in the exhibition <a href="http://hemslojden100ar.se/utstallningar/liljevalchs/" target="_blank">Ser du löven för alla träd</a> (Can you see the leafs on the trees, some info in English <a href="http://hemslojden100ar.se/in-english/exhibitions/swedish-handicraft-at-liljevalchs/" target="_blank">here</a>) at Liljevalchs this summer. The exhibition is a part of the 100 year jubilee of The National Association of Swedish Handicraft (by the way, I'm totally smitten by the posters and branding work for the jubilee & apparently <a href="http://www.thefoxisblack.com/2012/05/08/branding-by-hand-swedish-handicraft-by-snask/" target="_blank">I'm not the only one</a>).<br />
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After a lot of stress & agony (due to other factors in life, mostly) I finally was able to send them my contribution last week. It didn't turn out just as I imagined, but I'm still happy with the fact that I at least got it done... It feels nice to be part of something big, being one of 2000 pieces in a colletive project.<br />
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The inspiration for my leaf comes from an internet campaign called <i>Vi kallar oss</i> (We call ourselves) started by Almega, branch organization for temporary work agencies in Sweden (if someone know a better translation of the swedish term 'bemanningsföretag', I'm happy to hear it).<br />
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The point of the campaign was to launch a new term for workers employed by these agencies, to polish up their brand & silence the questioning voices that were getting more and more annoying & loud. The increase of companies that fire their workers, only to re-hire them trough agencies that do not provide the same security or salaries, has been notable in Sweden during the last decade. Getting a job through a agency is also often the only option for many young people, as companies do not want to risk employing staff that they cannot sack or relocate as they want to, when 'needed'.<br />
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The aim of this particular campaign was to 're-brand' these temporary workers, by initiating a competition where the workers could send in their own suggestion of what they should be called, to dream up a new & improved job title, & then vote for their favorite. Problem was, that's exactly what happened. But the workers employd by the agencies did not share the PR experts and bosses' idea that the problem with this kind of employment is what it is called, more than the actual insecurity of it all. So they started sending in suggestions that did not quite fit the 'positive' & 'flexible' connotations that the campaign aimed for. As these suggestions started to climb to the top of the list (by votes from the public), the people behind the campaign paniced & invoced a strong censurship on the website, cleaning out all the unwanted suggestions.<br />
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This in turn sparked the flame in some temp workers, that got together & launched a counter campaign, also called <a href="http://vi.kallaross.se/" target="_blank">Vi kallar oss</a> (but with a slighty different url). Here all the suggestions that weren't welcome in the original contest were collected & voted on. The catchphrase for the site was (still is) 'What we call ourselves, not what the agencies wants us to be called', & in a couple of days this new site had totally hijacked the original campaign (that closed down due to the shitstorm it got caught up in). The words in my cross stitch are choosen from the suggestions of this counter movement; <i>day labourer</i>, <i>slave</i>, <i>flex servant</i>, <i>insecured</i>, <i>serf</i>, <i>precariuos</i>, & so on...<br />
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I found this event both amusing & important, that's why I wanted to spread the word about it. Amusing, because it shows the total unpredictability of 'viral marketing' & internet PR campaigning, as no one can be sure of what the interwebz does to the content & message that is communicated. Important, becuse the right to a steady income, permanent employment, & overall job security is one of the most important political issues in Sweden today (& all over th world, I'd imagine).<br />
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Some might say that this form of employment is the new black, that the modern worker does not want to stay in one place all her life, that 'flexibility' & 'freedom' are the catchwords of today's labour market. That it's better to get a job - any job even though you're paid less, have no job security, & no chance of planning your life more than a day ahead - than no job at all.<br />
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But, as a friend of mine would put it - I call bullshit. Temporary work agencies were illegal in Sweden up until the beginning of the 1990's, since they exploit people, provide insecure employment, and makes it difficult for workers to organize in unions. Their modern comeback is part of a greater shift in society, where the flexibility of the creative middle class working as project managers, temporary understudies, and freelancers is applied to every area of the labour market. As Zygmunt Bauman puts it in <i>The Individualized Society</i>:<br />
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'Flexibility' is the slogan of the day, and when applied to the labour market it means an end to the job 'as we know it', work on short-term contracts, rolling contracts or no contracts, positions with no inbuilt security but with the 'until further notice' clause.</blockquote>
This development is not about providing freedom of choice, creative job opportunities, or making it possible for people to 'explore their potential' & 'evolve as a person'. It's about making more money for less investment, & also, in the long run, to destroy the unity & community that has been the basis for workers' organizations. A reality where you don't know if you're gonna work the next day, where you gonna work in that case, and who will be working with you, makes it pretty difficult to demand your rights & put pressure on capitalist interests at the place of work. Bauman again; "The present-day uncertainty is a powerful <i>individualizing </i>force".<br />
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The insecurity of this arrangement also leads to health issues such as stress & depression, and in some cases - death. <a href="http://www.av.se/dokument/statistik/sf/Af_2011_04.pdf" target="_blank">Temporary workers are overrepresented in the statistics of work place related injuries</a> in Sweden today. This is no coincidence, since temp workers often are young, lack experience & knowledge about particular safety hazards, & are afraid to speak up when it comes to problems at their place of work (knowing that they might lose the job if they complain, since it's easy to replace them with someone else from the agency) .<br />
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Someone who does not find this as troubling as I do, is apparently Annie Lööf, leader of the Centre party in Sweden ("a green social liberal party" with its roots in the farmers' movement). She is a devoted neoliberal, known to list Ayn Rand & Margaret Thatcher as her political role models. She is also the youngest party leader in Sweden, but <a href="http://www.expressen.se/nyheter/annie-loof-tjanar-mer-an-fredrik-reinfeldt/" target="_blank">earns the highest salary</a> of them all (about 151 000 sek per month, which is 7000 more then an avarage nurse gets in a whole year).<br />
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In the posts tagged 'bemmaningsföretag' on her blog (no I won't link, use google if you want to read her ramblings), she draws up a picture of the temp agencies as the saviours of youths & immigrants who have the biggest problem with "entering the job market" today. If the working conditions are bad, it's the unions fault for not taking care of their members properly, it has nothing to do with the profit or nature of the business. And, as a special twist, she argues that if it is that bad to work under these conditions that you have to call yourself a slave, then why don't you choose to be unemployed instead? Yes, it's always about choice for these people...<br />
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So without further ado, I dedicate my leaf to Annie. I call it "Annies lööf" (okay, so this is only funny in Swedish, since <i>lööf </i>is an alternative spelling of the word <i>löv</i>, meaning leaf). <br />
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I won't be able to attend the opening of the exhibition in June, due to facts such as finishing my masters degree & moving all my stuff from Stockholm to Gothenburg (yes, the West coast will be my permanent location from now on) in the same week, but I hope to get to see it sometime during summer.<br />
<br />johannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17806290968215698734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7026051030217949660.post-7548591720850717332012-03-05T22:21:00.011+01:002012-03-05T22:57:47.488+01:00cross stitch workshop at my alma mater<div style="text-align: center;"><span><img src="http://www.stigbergetsborgarrum.se/kulturnatt_stockholm_logotype_positive_purple_rgb_without-date.png" border="0" alt="Kulturnatt" /></span></div><span><span><div><span><span><br /></span></span></div>I will be participating in a workshop entitled </span><a href="http://kulturhuset.stockholm.se/-/Kalender/20111/Workshop/Politiskt-handarbete/">Political crafts</a><span> at Kulturhuset, Stockholm, April 21th.</span><br /></span><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span style="font-style: normal; "><br /></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span><span style="font-style: normal; ">The event is part of <a href="http://www.kultur.stockholm.se/default.asp?id=33470&bhcp=1">Kulturnatt Stockholm</a> & arranged by <a href="http://www.zickermans.se/">Zickermans Värld</a>. There isn't any info in English, but the copy text on the site says that it's going to be a night of <span style="font-style:italic;">punk embroidery</span>, </span><i>guerilla handicraft</i>, <i>yarn graffiti </i>& <i>queer crafting</i>. Sounds like fun for the whole family, I say.</span><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>Be there or be a spineless liberal!</span></div><div><br /></div></div>johannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17806290968215698734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7026051030217949660.post-36752295451549958322012-02-07T18:45:00.008+01:002012-03-05T22:47:21.753+01:00mixing pop and politics / he asks me what the use is / I offer him embarrassment / and my usual excuses<br><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-n1BabtyaNZc/TzFjXSR7jjI/AAAAAAAABiw/wbFQmpAIg00/s1600/ratm.jpg"><span><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-n1BabtyaNZc/TzFjXSR7jjI/AAAAAAAABiw/wbFQmpAIg00/s400/ratm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706451454550314546" /></span></a><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><u><br /></u></span></div><span>I almost forgot to post this... It is a birthday gift for the smartest four month old baby I know, quoting my teenage heros in <a href="http://www.ratm.com/">Rage Against the Machine</a>. The first time I saw them play live was at an old gymnasium in a suburb north of Stockholm, back in 1996. I was fifteen, going on sixteen, & got totally blown away by their performance. I still think that the debut album is so awesome, that I'm prepared to forgive them for the fact that this is the band that probably played the biggest role in creating the monstrosity what later would be known as <i>funk metal</i>.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>Fun anecdote: When RATM played at the Hultsfred festival in 2000, rumor has it that the Seismic Institute at Uppsala University recorded a small earth quake in southern Sweden.</span></div><div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><br /></div></div>johannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17806290968215698734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7026051030217949660.post-30159119315074299412011-11-17T19:23:00.008+01:002012-05-28T19:31:46.718+02:00DO IT YOURSELF - 100 years of Swedish handicraft<div>
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Some of my cross stitches are part of the exhibition <a href="http://www.skovde.se/Kultur/Museer--Konst/Stadsmuseum/Utstallningar/GOR-DET-SJALV----Hemslojden-100-ar/">GÖR DET SJÄLV - Hemslöjden 100 år</a> that opened at Skövde Stadsmuseum last Saturday. I coulden't be there myself for the opening (because I was in Stockholm to see the Norwegian black metal/punk rock cross over <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDyHhV9UK-4">Kvelertak</a>) but my father was there to represent the family. Here are some pictures:</div>
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<br /></div>johannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17806290968215698734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7026051030217949660.post-52203647012861746422011-10-28T18:54:00.008+02:002011-11-02T23:10:23.483+01:00that legendary divorce is such a bore<div><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-y9PHe8d1bKQ/Tqret7CTd-I/AAAAAAAAAyo/0eFAEvCbMDs/s1600/you%2Bare%2Bthe%2Broots%2Bthat%2Bsleep%2Bbeneath%2Bmy%2Bfeet.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-y9PHe8d1bKQ/Tqret7CTd-I/AAAAAAAAAyo/0eFAEvCbMDs/s400/you%2Bare%2Bthe%2Broots%2Bthat%2Bsleep%2Bbeneath%2Bmy%2Bfeet.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668587961522026466" /></a><div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><br /></u></div><div><div>This cross stitch is about family, about how sometimes it doesn't matter if you're connected by blood or by choice - family is family, even though you might not share the same genes. I've had the lucky fortune to have some people in my life that've always been there for me, always carried me through. I thought they deserved some recognition.</div></div></div><div><br /></div><div>The quote comes from <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmB0tMctnFU" target="_blank">this song</a>. Hopefully, some day I'll have the time to get it properly pressed & framed.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>johannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17806290968215698734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7026051030217949660.post-22538230971063114102011-08-30T20:37:00.010+02:002011-08-30T21:23:24.289+02:00our house, was our castle and our keep / our house, in the middle of our street<span class="Apple-style-span">
<br />So, I wrote a review about <a href="http://www.hendrikzeitler.com/index.php?/books/a-place-of-ones-own/">this book</a> for a newspaper here in Sweden where a friend of mine works as an editor for the moment (nepotism, ftw!). It's not published yet & it's not really a big thing, but it got me thinking about how important certain places can become in your life. Not just the people that build them, by spirit or by hand, but also the buildings themselfes. The colour of the wallpaper, the grafitti in the bathroom, the carvings on the surface of a table. Layer upon layer of history in the making. Lifes & stories getting mixed & turned around just because you happened to be there just then.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span">
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<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">These houses are not important just because they provide a space for alternative culture, for the kids, the rebels & the vagabonds, but also as institutions. As a very real proof that something can be built by joint effort & that together we can make a difference, demand a place & a voice in the public sphere. Because of this, the very personal relationship many people have to them, it's always a tragedy when one of them gets destroyed. When <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ungdomshuset">Ungeren </a>died it was the end of an era, when <a href="http://crossyrstitches.blogspot.com/2008/11/no-retreat-no-surrender-no-more-this-is.html">Cyklopen </a>was burned down it was like getting hit in the face. But as they say in the song - <i>Vi har 69 i hjertet / We have 69 in our hearts</i>. A <a href="http://www.ungdomshuset.dk/">new era</a> has already begun in K-town & just about a month ago the first steps was taken of the construction of <a href="http://kulturkampanjen.se/">a new free culture house</a> in Stockholm. These houses, together with hundreds others all over the world, provide a safe haven for some of us, a place where to find like minded people, to plan a revolution, to learn a craft, to live. They are worth fighting for & worth documenting for the world & the future.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><center>
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<br /></div></div>johannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17806290968215698734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7026051030217949660.post-42495658555366267972011-07-23T20:22:00.009+02:002011-07-23T20:39:59.518+02:00til ungdommen<div style="text-align: center;"><blockquote></blockquote></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/irfB9GUdjPE?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "></p><blockquote><p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; ">Kanskje du spør i angst,<br />udekket, åpen:<br />hva skal jeg kjempe med<br />hva er mitt våpen?<br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; ">Her er ditt vern mot vold,<br />her er ditt sverd:<br />troen på livet vårt,<br />menneskets verd.</p></blockquote></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ">Fearful your question, / Defenceless, open / What shall I fight with? / What is my weapon?<br />Here is your battle plan, / Here is your shield / Faith in this life of ours, / The common weal<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_weal" title="Public weal" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; "></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "></p></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span">I have nothing more to say right now. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Thanks to <a href="http://eternalpanda.tumblr.com/">Linnea </a>for making me aware of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Til_Ungdommen">this poem</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>johannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17806290968215698734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7026051030217949660.post-61726980532973277402011-07-11T20:22:00.003+02:002011-07-11T20:31:12.582+02:00do they owe us a living? OF COURSE THEY FUCKING DO.<span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0bMJm7RzKXE/Ths_0c-ehuI/AAAAAAAAAPI/_l1fyXC9Nco/s1600/crass%2Blogo.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0bMJm7RzKXE/Ths_0c-ehuI/AAAAAAAAAPI/_l1fyXC9Nco/s400/crass%2Blogo.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628162329693554402" /></a><br />A birthday patch for Siska. I've had the pattern for ages, but this is the first time I stitched it. Will try another version, with another type of aida, to make it a bit smaller. But I'm happy with the black back stitches framing it.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/sqJhY9-qziU?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>johannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17806290968215698734noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7026051030217949660.post-17710593629821510002011-06-15T21:32:00.005+02:002011-06-15T22:36:34.536+02:00state violence / state control<span class="Apple-style-span"><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8VIuLTlRqs8/TfkJDhJwuiI/AAAAAAAAAOI/pLN-7hr5D5o/s1600/gbg2001_2.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 311px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8VIuLTlRqs8/TfkJDhJwuiI/AAAAAAAAAOI/pLN-7hr5D5o/s400/gbg2001_2.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618531966164974114" /></a>Hannes Westberg, seconds after being shot by Swedish riot police at Vasaplatsen (Gothenburg) June 15th 2001. Some days after, while he was still struggling for his life in a hospital bed, a representative from the Social Democrats handed out red roses to the police working during <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protests_during_the_EU_summit_in_Gothenburg_2001">the </a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protests_during_the_EU_summit_in_Gothenburg_2001" target="_blank">Gothenburg EU summit</a>, <i>for a job well done</i>.</span><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div>johannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17806290968215698734noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7026051030217949660.post-22888821640237028062011-05-22T11:44:00.006+02:002011-05-22T11:54:15.406+02:00and if I'm starving, you can feed me lollipops<br><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mR4vpGRUm4I/TdjbL9lgFwI/AAAAAAAAAN4/3KAh1EK56ig/s1600/little%2Bbaby%2Bnothing.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 301px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mR4vpGRUm4I/TdjbL9lgFwI/AAAAAAAAAN4/3KAh1EK56ig/s400/little%2Bbaby%2Bnothing.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609474334446851842" /></a><div><div style="text-align: left;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></u></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Birthday gift for Anna. The quote comes from Manic Street Preachers & the rose pattern from my friend <a href="http://ohdoris.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Doris</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/wM3N54avEQc?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>johannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17806290968215698734noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7026051030217949660.post-68615798399848132092011-05-11T22:09:00.001+02:002011-06-15T22:47:50.459+02:00with my heart in my hands again<span class="Apple-style-span">I almost thought I'd lost this cross stitch when I moved to Gothenburg, but tonight when I was roaming around my craft basket it suddenly appeared again. It's actually one of my favorites, so I thought that it deserved to be properly framed. </span><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nJKpUIvHN6Q/TcruXztJJPI/AAAAAAAAANk/VwfXU2vpoe8/s1600/seaweed%2Bframed.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nJKpUIvHN6Q/TcruXztJJPI/AAAAAAAAANk/VwfXU2vpoe8/s400/seaweed%2Bframed.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605554778999956722" /></a><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">It's not that it's the most complicated or political work I've done, but I remember being heartbroken & really hurting when stitching it, just coming to terms with the fact that I had to get on with life & leave something/someone behind. Plus, the death of the Gits' singer <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mia_Zapata">Mia Zapata </a>(who wrote the lyrics that I'm quoting) is one of the saddest & most upseting ones that I know of. As Kathleen Hanna once put it:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><i>another woman killed and hardly a pout about it / green river killer my fucking ass / the cops have gotta be deaf, dumb, and spastic / to not catch the killer(s) of one hundred woman / i guess it'd be different if they thought we were human</i></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><i><br /></i></span></div>johannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17806290968215698734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7026051030217949660.post-17822695472071308832011-04-17T13:13:00.010+02:002011-04-17T13:35:18.744+02:00alienation is my nation<div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">The result of trying to take an "arty" photograph of Karl Marx in my kitchen:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-quinew8zCZI/TarLn7g8-VI/AAAAAAAAANM/70i1425AEXM/s1600/marx.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-quinew8zCZI/TarLn7g8-VI/AAAAAAAAANM/70i1425AEXM/s400/marx.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596509373812504914" /></a>This is a birthday gift for my friend Ida, paid by her boyfriend & made by me. I thought about illustrating the post with <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyqJ9wxZ9L0" target="_blank">this </a>video, but changed my mind. Just can't get over the fact that it annoys the hell out of me that they're only mentioning the men of the working class in the song & by default excludes everyone else. Can't shake the feeling that the clip contains two of my least favorite things in this world: </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span">1) Nice commie guys in "ironic" t-shirts, who took an A-level course in political science & decided that the class struggle will liberate everyone in some sort of automagical way, without for a second stopping to think about or problematize their own position as white males of the middle class. </span></div><div>2) Katy Perry.</div><div><div><div><br /></div></div></div>johannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17806290968215698734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7026051030217949660.post-96279413485533952011-03-10T22:32:00.003+01:002011-03-10T22:42:58.374+01:00recycling for the massesA not so new pattern at the <a href="http://crossyrstitches.blogspot.com/p/patterns.html">DIY page</a> & a very new post at <a href="http://www.zickermans.se/feministiska-gratismonster/">Zickermans</a>. <a href="http://crossyrstitches.blogspot.com/2008/09/back-with-vengeance.html">Here's</a> a very bad pic of what it looks like when stitched. Have fun kids!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-v3NICtL46ME/TXlFxL8LNxI/AAAAAAAAANA/--LO2QqImA4/s1600/hardcore%2Bfeminist%2Bpattern.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 210px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-v3NICtL46ME/TXlFxL8LNxI/AAAAAAAAANA/--LO2QqImA4/s320/hardcore%2Bfeminist%2Bpattern.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582569924423530258" /></a><div><br /></div>johannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17806290968215698734noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7026051030217949660.post-73537648269805042062011-03-08T20:44:00.007+01:002011-03-08T22:20:59.049+01:00a luta continua (this ain't a love song)<div></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GFdRk01_FmA/TXaHcbw5H3I/AAAAAAAAAMs/1U9E2eSgqbg/s1600/collage.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 253px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GFdRk01_FmA/TXaHcbw5H3I/AAAAAAAAAMs/1U9E2eSgqbg/s400/collage.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581797710731222898" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Today is March 8, the International Women's Day. Feels like one of those days when I should have something new & witty to present, but I don't. What I do have is a link to all the old posts tagged '<a href="http://crossyrstitches.blogspot.com/search/label/feminism">feminism</a>' & some good old fighting songs for you.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/6wTJ3ZdZrBA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/5DSSFJJ5Wo4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/vka588sPseU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/_AS4bBEMT44" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/A0e13MxyeBA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/LBLOXKWidJ8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>johannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17806290968215698734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7026051030217949660.post-13930457558217651782011-02-24T19:04:00.009+01:002011-02-24T19:58:47.907+01:00come on over & do the twist<div></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-y-aDF9sRW-w/TWapxN0GmwI/AAAAAAAAAMM/o80YyicQmrg/s1600/logga.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 263px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-y-aDF9sRW-w/TWapxN0GmwI/AAAAAAAAAMM/o80YyicQmrg/s400/logga.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577331851531819778" /></a><br /><div>Just a short update; I'm expanding my horizons & doing some guest blogging at <a href="http://www.zickermans.se/">Zickermans Värld</a>, an online craft magazine named after Lilli Zickerman, one of the founders of the Swedish craft movement in the beginning of the 20th century. Today's contribution is a <a href="http://www.zickermans.se/johanna-valjer/ "target=_blank">top five list of craftivist projects</a> so even if you don't do Swedish, you can take a look at the links. Enjoy.<div><br /></div><div>Hopefully it'll be a recurring thing so stay tuned to the site. </div><div><br /></div></div>johannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17806290968215698734noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7026051030217949660.post-53827388534577274712011-01-27T20:08:00.009+01:002011-03-08T22:31:04.375+01:00when she talks, I hear the revolution / in her hips, there's revolution<span class="Apple-style-span" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oUJe5EoJZXY/TUHC--r26wI/AAAAAAAAALc/pFzgt8XKY5Y/s1600/make%2Brevolution.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 301px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oUJe5EoJZXY/TUHC--r26wI/AAAAAAAAALc/pFzgt8XKY5Y/s400/make%2Brevolution.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566945001641274114" /></a><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >Birthday gift for Stina.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >I like this quote 'cause I think it's important to remember that the revolutionary struggle isn't some macho war ideal, it's life. It's the everyday choices we make, the choice to fight back, stand up and take control in ways that can differ a lot from time to time, situation to situation and person to person. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >And I don't mean that in some sort of neo-liberal "anything goes!" way, but more in a "don't put yourself down 'cause you're not doing enough, look at the things you do, the choices you make & feel proud of them" way. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >Edit: Sorry for sounding like a stupid self help book. Will do better in the future.</span></div><div><br /></div>johannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17806290968215698734noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7026051030217949660.post-79885414033367236872011-01-23T12:19:00.008+01:002011-01-23T12:36:25.942+01:00you would never sell out / just like I did in playboy / that was art, it didn't count<span class="Apple-style-span"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oUJe5EoJZXY/TTwPGOpTafI/AAAAAAAAAKw/7WA6hrMWUq8/s1600/electronica.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oUJe5EoJZXY/TTwPGOpTafI/AAAAAAAAAKw/7WA6hrMWUq8/s400/electronica.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565339839208057330" /></a>I forgot to post this x-stitch that I made before Christmas. Once again it was my professor (who also bought <a href="http://crossyrstitches.blogspot.com/2010/08/there-is-nothin-fair-in-this-world.html" target="_blank">this one</a>) that wanted a gift for someone where she works, so now it hangs in the office of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 18px; "><a href="http://www.rfsu.se/en/Engelska/" target="_blank">RFSU</a> (the Swedish Association for Sexuality Education). </span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Apparently the guy who got it likes electronic music a lot, so I thought it would be nice to mix the sort of modern feeling of electronica with the old school Hungarian pattern.</span></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></div></div>johannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17806290968215698734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7026051030217949660.post-60435587397629067952010-12-29T19:28:00.005+01:002010-12-29T19:43:37.136+01:00gifts that keep on giving<span class="Apple-style-span"><br />Hope you all survived the holidays. </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Here's a wallet that I gave to my sister's boyfriend, some very hasty stitching there.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oUJe5EoJZXY/TRt-fIg6ZmI/AAAAAAAAAKc/26INKSZs9Ww/s1600/cash%2Bis%2Bking.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oUJe5EoJZXY/TRt-fIg6ZmI/AAAAAAAAAKc/26INKSZs9Ww/s400/cash%2Bis%2Bking.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556173638618211938" /></a>I went home to Stockholm over the weekend & finally, now that I can walk like a (sort of) normal person again, I could get all my stuff with me back to Gothenburg. Among other things, my birthday gift that's been up there since October: the wonderful <a href="http://lampgustaf.se/produkter/lampgustaf/taklampor/550345_stitch.html" target="_blank">Stitch lamp</a>!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oUJe5EoJZXY/TRt-fd59rrI/AAAAAAAAAKk/1e9IKZfIdNE/s1600/stitch%2Blamp.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oUJe5EoJZXY/TRt-fd59rrI/AAAAAAAAAKk/1e9IKZfIdNE/s400/stitch%2Blamp.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556173644360429234" /></a></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span">I sort of have a plan for it, but it's trickier than I though to stitch it so it's probably gonna take a while before it's done.</span><div><br /></div>johannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17806290968215698734noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7026051030217949660.post-62255693462425069162010-12-21T21:54:00.006+01:002010-12-22T00:15:09.417+01:00happy christmas your arse I pray god it's our last (I can see a better time when all our dreams come true)<div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">This is only funny in Swedish.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oUJe5EoJZXY/TREUYyrAtyI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/zHw5yX1IelA/s1600/julefreud%2Bi%2Balla%2Bhus.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oUJe5EoJZXY/TREUYyrAtyI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/zHw5yX1IelA/s400/julefreud%2Bi%2Balla%2Bhus.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553242231676122914" /></a><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">For visitors who don't speak this great language, I made some artwork that sort of illustrates the meaning of the cross stitch. I wish you all a Merry Christmas.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oUJe5EoJZXY/TREUZIvjMII/AAAAAAAAAJ8/M5rYR3TAdp0/s1600/julefreud.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 303px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oUJe5EoJZXY/TREUZIvjMII/AAAAAAAAAJ8/M5rYR3TAdp0/s400/julefreud.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553242237600739458" /></span></a><div><br /></div>johannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17806290968215698734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7026051030217949660.post-27003319322994273442010-11-23T21:23:00.006+01:002010-11-27T16:46:04.740+01:00let the last storm hit us / let it strike at the hardest part / turn us all to mutiny / turn this boat upside down<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oUJe5EoJZXY/TOwjZK3rl4I/AAAAAAAAABo/_3HcstILYQk/s1600/end%2Bpatriarchy.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oUJe5EoJZXY/TOwjZK3rl4I/AAAAAAAAABo/_3HcstILYQk/s400/end%2Bpatriarchy.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542844156707837826" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />Just a little thing that I made today for my friend Lisa.</span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span"></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">There's another version of this at <a href="http://rachelmckay.blogspot.com/2008/12/hey-remember-when-this-was-craft-blog.html" target="_blank">Rachel Mckay's</a> & I'm pretty sure that <a href="http://radicalcrossstitch.com/" target="_blank">Rayna's </a>got one too, I just can't find it on the site right now.</span></span></span></div><div><br /></div></div>johannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17806290968215698734noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7026051030217949660.post-88595876261864720362010-11-12T18:18:00.017+01:002010-11-29T15:55:47.915+01:00up the punx!<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />Since I like the combination of punk rock & cross stitch (see examples <a href="http://crossyrstitches.blogspot.com/2010/03/patches-for-masses-kind-of-crafting.html">here</a>, <a href="http://crossyrstitches.blogspot.com/2008/03/poison-in-pretty-pill.html">here </a>& <a href="http://crossyrstitches.blogspot.com/2008/05/anger-is-gift.html">here</a>) I thought that there must be others like me somewhere out there. So I went on the interwebz & searched for like minded stitchers, but they're harder to find than I thought.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Got a little bit frustrated, until I remembered that a while ago I found this reassuring piece from <a href="http://whateverjamesinstitches.blogspot.com/">Whatever James</a>: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oUJe5EoJZXY/TPO-mh_czWI/AAAAAAAAAJI/O8Tap92YkKc/s1600/whatever%2Bjames.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oUJe5EoJZXY/TPO-mh_czWI/AAAAAAAAAJI/O8Tap92YkKc/s400/whatever%2Bjames.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544985135392017762" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">As a bonus, here's another work of his that I really like.</span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/whateverjamesinstitches/4623922729/" title="Bored by whateverjames, on Flickr"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4029/4623922729_88bee2ea90.jpg" width="300" height="275" alt="Bored" /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I also tried my luck at <a href="http://www.etsy.com/">Etsy</a>, where I found <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/bombastitch">Bombastitch</a> who makes a lot of funny & cool x-stitch stuff. My favourite is the simple & elegant <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5ZKEuRrR3E">Black Flag</a> logo (been thinking about stitching that one myself). Great work, great band. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://ny-image2.etsy.com/il_570xN.151468850.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 285px; height: 228px;" src="http://ny-image2.etsy.com/il_570xN.151468850.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/52604702/the-clash-london-calling-album?ref=sr_gallery_6&ga_search_query=punk+cross+stitch&ga_search_type=handmade&ga_page=&order=&includes[0]=tags&includes[1]=title&filter[0]=handmade"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">PopSoupSupplies</span></span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> sells this multi-tasking <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbD5v2xijqw">Clash</a> pattern, that works for "CROCHETING, KNITTING, CROSS STITCH, NEEDLEPOINT, BEADING AND MUCH MORE!". I love the frame, but I'm guessing it's not included in the price...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://ny-image0.etsy.com/il_570xN.162019008.jpg"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 277px; height: 265px; " src="http://ny-image0.etsy.com/il_570xN.162019008.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Another cross stitching punk genius is <a href="http://skriet.wordpress.com/">Lisa</a>, who I met at <a href="http://punkillegal.com/">Punk Illegal</a> '07 where we discovered that we share a mutual love for <a href="http://www.myspace.com/sjusvaraar">Sju Svåra År</a>. The quote on this pillow comes from the same song as <a href="http://crossyrstitches.blogspot.com/2008/09/madonnawhore-what-bore.html">this one</a>. </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v341/148/64/707416032/n707416032_980585_3638.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 302px; height: 226px;" src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v341/148/64/707416032/n707416032_980585_3638.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Another favourite of mine is this one. The top hits on Google claims that <a href="http://www.myspace.com/skitliv777">Skitliv </a>is a norwegian black/doom metal band formed by the former singer of <a href="http://www.myspace.com/officialmayhem">Mayhem</a>, but in my world it's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64pILspkajQ">a song by Skitsystem</a>. </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-ash1/v353/148/64/707416032/n707416032_982250_4654.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 225px;" src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-ash1/v353/148/64/707416032/n707416032_982250_4654.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">But I'm thinking that this can't be all there is? Leave a comment here or send an e-mail if you have any links to share. </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">EDIT: I forgot <a href="http://rachelmckay.blogspot.com/">Confessions of a Crafter</a>! Love this:</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wBvE9w7f22E/SwSRnqThNYI/AAAAAAAAA74/1UXtw6xGGmk/s1600/thoushaltmosh.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wBvE9w7f22E/SwSRnqThNYI/AAAAAAAAA74/1UXtw6xGGmk/s1600/thoushaltmosh.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a></div><div><br /></div>johannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17806290968215698734noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7026051030217949660.post-68099865854424770452010-11-10T21:57:00.011+01:002010-11-29T15:57:19.753+01:00every day another conflict / I take it one day at a time and do the things I need to do<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Since I fucked up my leg & had to start getting around on crutches, I've had to carry all my stuff in an old ugly backpack that I don't really like. So to make it a bit more punk & personal, I stitched a <a href="http://www.nakedaggression.com/" target="_blank">Naked Aggression</a> patch for it. If you want to make your own patch, I'll post the pattern in the <a href="http://crossyrstitches.blogspot.com/p/patterns.html">DIY archive</a>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oUJe5EoJZXY/TNsLeo5Z86I/AAAAAAAAABA/HZosl9UHfFQ/s1600/naked%2Baggression.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oUJe5EoJZXY/TNsLeo5Z86I/AAAAAAAAABA/HZosl9UHfFQ/s400/naked%2Baggression.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538032787784332194" /></a><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">& I also got a late birthday gift today, well worth the wait. It's a handmade notebook with my name ingraved in gold. It's so beautiful that I almost cried when I got it.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oUJe5EoJZXY/TPO_KK6HZvI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/g_2K8mmAOBs/s1600/DSC01224.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oUJe5EoJZXY/TPO_KK6HZvI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/g_2K8mmAOBs/s400/DSC01224.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544985747670918898" /></a></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div>johannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17806290968215698734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7026051030217949660.post-21043155286365340492010-11-05T17:46:00.016+01:002010-11-27T16:41:02.602+01:00strong I am with the force, but not that strong<span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PqfvLci9hQw/TNQ3AB8fqsI/AAAAAAAAAk8/Oopn-VHjkHw/s1600/linnea.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PqfvLci9hQw/TNQ3AB8fqsI/AAAAAAAAAk8/Oopn-VHjkHw/s400/linnea.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536110315606878914" /></a><br />This is my friend <a href="http://eternalpanda.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Linnéa</a>, taking her first steps into the magical world of radical cross stitching. We had a craft session at my place yesterday, complete with soup, cookies and the most postmodern moment ever - when I accidently spoiled the end of Jane Eyre to Linnéa by mentioning <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Madwoman_in_the_Attic" target="_blank">The mad woman in the attic</a>. </span></span></span></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PqfvLci9hQw/TNQ2OqR91GI/AAAAAAAAAk0/FMQUBohyZwI/s400/linnea+(4).JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536109467440895074" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I'm so proud of my new protégé! My plan is to become her Yoda of cross stitching. She will worship me & my skillz and maybe bring me offerings in the form of cookies &/or DMC embroidery floss. Moahaha! (<- trademark Mad Scientist laugh)</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://radicalcrossstitch.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/640184933_94e242b8a8_o.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 316px;" src="http://radicalcrossstitch.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/640184933_94e242b8a8_o.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Yes, the patter that she's stitching comes from the DIY page of <a href="http://radicalcrossstitch.com/xstitch/" target="_blank">Radical Cross Stitch</a>, but for swedish readers it might also be known from this ever so lovely compilation of songs from the women's rights movement of the 70's:</span></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://domesticka.blogg.se/images/2008/161981_24458069.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 350px; height: 353px;" src="http://domesticka.blogg.se/images/2008/161981_24458069.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a></span></span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">It sounds something like this:</span></span></span></span></div><center><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/txKoda_c_aw?fs=1&hl=sv_SE"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/txKoda_c_aw?fs=1&hl=sv_SE" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></span></span></span></span></center><div><br /></div>johannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02572778022468367605noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7026051030217949660.post-17514433591577519032010-10-14T23:28:00.007+02:002010-11-27T16:39:08.734+01:00we must stand unbroken, unbound & unashamed (this is what democracy looks like)<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PqfvLci9hQw/TLd36PEIc3I/AAAAAAAAAkk/O2n1EVDIU80/s1600/brinnande+2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PqfvLci9hQw/TLd36PEIc3I/AAAAAAAAAkk/O2n1EVDIU80/s400/brinnande+2.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528018909980554098" /></a><br /></span></span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Design stolen from some left-wing poster I found on the internet & a quote from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Anyuru" target="_blank">Johannes Anyuru</a>, one of my favourite poets. </span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">It's from a radio show he did this summer, where he talked about how his early poems from the late 90's were filled with <i>a burning furious now</i>. It was a time when we actually thought that another world was possible, that things not only could, but would change. I sort of feel like I need to be reminded of that feeling sometimes.</span></span></span></span></div><div><br /></div>johannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02572778022468367605noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7026051030217949660.post-30875477985141148892010-10-05T19:53:00.011+02:002010-11-27T16:36:14.331+01:00museums are dead take a new art stance<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PqfvLci9hQw/TKtn1aRv3RI/AAAAAAAAAkU/cbA1BD_9DHE/s1600/riot+patch.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 321px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PqfvLci9hQw/TKtn1aRv3RI/AAAAAAAAAkU/cbA1BD_9DHE/s400/riot+patch.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524623535184534802" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />I haven't really been feeling like crafting/stitching these last couple of weeks, but going through the pattern map on my laptop, I found this one that I think some of you might like. It gets to join the other patterns on the </span></span></span></span></span><a href="http://crossyrstitches.blogspot.com/p/patterns.html"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">DIY or DIE!</span></span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> page.</span></span></span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">When stitched, it looks something like this:</span></span></span></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><u><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PqfvLci9hQw/TKtuQWxZP4I/AAAAAAAAAkc/mwtDFB9fUN8/s320/riot+patch+2010+small.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524630595169763202" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PqfvLci9hQw/TKtn1aRv3RI/AAAAAAAAAkU/cbA1BD_9DHE/s1600/riot+patch.jpg"></a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PqfvLci9hQw/TKtn1aRv3RI/AAAAAAAAAkU/cbA1BD_9DHE/s1600/riot+patch.jpg"></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PqfvLci9hQw/TKtn1aRv3RI/AAAAAAAAAkU/cbA1BD_9DHE/s1600/riot+patch.jpg"></a></span></span></u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">In times like these, it feels good to listen to someone singing that </span></span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">h</span></span></span></span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">ospital closure kills more than car bombs ever will.</span></span></span></span></i></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgXaB00U9z4"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Manic Street Preachers</span></span></a></span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgXaB00U9z4" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> - New Art Riot</span></span></a></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div>johannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02572778022468367605noreply@blogger.com0