May 09, 2006

public transportation, summer reading.

Public transportation is a joy to me (when I manage to get up early enough to catch the bus to work) as not only does it allow me the luxury of traveling and knitting but we're also lucky enough to have a free local bus system! There's something lovely about industrial/institutional design that grabs me. Around here, the interior of buses are either blue or orange, in those blocky clunky colors of my 70s childhood.

One of my current challenges is to get myself out of the habit of looking at my hands as I knit, so I'm back to taking my knitting with me wherever I go again. Usually I'm such in a rush that I don't have time to enjoy just sitting and knitting- I'm always working on a project with a deadline or fighting off sleep! While selling zines this past weekend at a local craft fair, I was reminded of how much I enjoy knitting simple squares for afghans or scarves in public and the dialogue it never fails to envelop me in. I hope I never stop adoring the conversations with children, the elderly and everyone in between that occur when I bring out my craftwork, as it is one of craft's most magical qualities.


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As work slows down for the summer here at the university, that means a bit more time for online reading. (Unlike the bus, the coffeeshop or the bars, I can't knit at my desk!)

Recently, I have been enamoured by the likes of:

Craft Culture (esp. this by Tanya Harrod)
Collective
Craftresearch.blogspot
Graffiti Archaeology
MAKE zine
Radical Craft Conference (so sad I wasn't there!)
Studio Incite

Not to mention daydreaming about the knitting images here.

And for more on the definition of craftivism, here's a link to a recent piece I wrote for Knitchicks.

Posted by betsy at May 9, 2006 08:52 AM
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Hey Betsy - if you haven't seen this yet, check it out!
http://www.houstonpress.com/Issues/2005-12-15/news/news_print.html

Posted by: Julia at May 9, 2006 06:51 PM
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