Craft activism People, ideas, and projects from the new community of handmade... and how you can join in

Crafting a statement -- Recrafting the past -- Crafting for a cause -- Crafting to recycle, renew, and reuse -- Crafting a community.;An inspiring celebration of a growing movement. Crafters working to change the world and build community share their experiences, tips, and advice on living, teaching, and promoting a more meaningful DIY lifestyle. Join the Handmade Movement!

We make to give. We make to share. We make to connect with others. Crafters all over the world are using their hands and hearts to make a statement, change the world, and build community.

Craft Activism is an inspiring celebration of this growing movement. Inside, dozens of superstars of this grassroots phenomenon share their experiences, tips, and advice on living, teaching, and promoting a more meaningful DIY lifestyle. Learn to craft for your cause, connect with other crafters, think green, organize a fair, host an online exchange, create yarn graffiti, and more. The book also includes 17 creative projects from designers who challenge you to reimagine how your craft skills can be used to make a difference. Whether you knit, sew, crochet, or collage—and even if you’re not sure where to begin—this book is your guide to the incredible power of handmade.

Documents the multi-faceted craft activist movement. This book features socially and politically conscious crafters who have used their passion for handmade to create change, help those in need, or galvanize others. It covers knitting, crochet, quilting, sewing, embroidery and mixed media crafting. An inspiring look at crafters creating to make a statement, save the world, or build a community. From people using their creativity to make a political statement to organisers of the new global craft community, 'Craft Activism' documents the multi-faceted craft activist movement