New blog post up, with the final stats from the #UnfreeMAL!
Next craftivism MAL will probably be in September. Until then, I'll continue to write about oppression and intersectionality, but at a less frequent cadence
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Slide 1: Unfree MAL - Crochet Shawl - Summary of Sales & Donation Total Ravelry Sales: 15 Total Etsy Sales: 5 Total Sales Revenue + fees: $109.41 Rounded up to donate: $110 I covered the donation transaction fees, bringing the Total donated to $114.10
Slide 2: Donation receipt confirming Donation of $114.10 to the NWLC
Slide 3: Screenshot showing Etsy Sales for the Unfree Crochet Shawl pattern as 5 Slide 4: Screenshot showing number of Sales from Ravelry as 15.
Slide 4: Screenshot showing number of Sales from Ravelry as 15.
Total donated to the National Women's Law Center (NWLC) from the #UnfreeMAL Crochet Version is $114.10. I covered the transaction fees too. Thank you to everyone who participated and thank you to Rachel @stitch-theory.bsky.social for hosting and designing the knit version 🧶
A plot of sales of the Unfree Shawl from March 1 to April 5. There were 48 sales, totalling $317.
A screenshot of an email from PayPal that reads, "Hello, Rachel Sandler. You paid $320 USD to National Women's Law..."
(1/) The #UnfreeMAL is over, and was so successful! On the knit pattern side, 48 people bought the pattern for a total of $317 in sales. I had planned to donate the proceeds, about $270, but decided to make my own contribution adding back in the money lost to transaction fees.
#craftivism #knit 🧶
Crochet shawl in progress made with pink and multicolored speckled yarn with a red crochet hook on a table in a brewery with a flight of beer.
Today is the last day for the #UnfreeMAL Make sure to get those WIP and FO pics posted! #craftivism #knitsky #crochet
Today is the last day of the #UnfreeMAL and the final white feminism case study is up! Today we're talking about "transvestigating" and its white supremacist roots
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Full shot of an asymmetrical red knit triangle shawl with cables that look like chains running down one side.
A close-up of the chain cables on the red knit shawl.
The #UnfreeMAL shawl is done, washed, and blocked! It looks great. Thank you @stitch-theory.bsky.social for designing the pattern!
A shawl in progress, in rich green, with cables forming two chains up the right hand side. The piece is currently around 40cm long.
My #UnfreeMAL is a long way from finished, but it's progressing steadily, and I'm enjoying working on it. @stitch-theory.bsky.social
A dark green knit triangle shawl pinned to a set of colorful foam puzzle pieces, with thin metal rods passed through the stitches of the two legs to keep them straight. One leg of the triangle has a cable pattern of two chains along its length
My Unfree Shawl is blocking! I'll be drawing names for prizes from the #UnfreeMAL this Sunday, March 6, so make sure to post your WiPs and FOs before then! That's also when I'll donate and post receipts of everything raised during the MAL, but I'll donate proceeds of the pattern sales in perpetuity
Close up of someone wearing a lilac sweater and a crocheted shawl in white, grey, blue and yellow.
The #UnfreeMAL crochet shawl is finished! It was a lovely project to work on, and I made good use of some leftover yarn. Thanks for the ride @neurostitches.bsky.social and @stitch-theory.bsky.social 🧶💜!
New blog post is up for the #UnfreeMAL! Since Equal Pay day was this past week, we're talking about intersectionality and wage gaps
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#journalism #blog #writing #activism #craftivism
A purple knit cabled shawl in progress on a grey tile floor. The purple yarn cake next to it on a aubergine colored tray with a vase of dried fushia flowers hanging over it
Purple already had my heart, these cables are stealing a spot as well.
#UnfreeMAL @stitch-theory.bsky.social #Knitsky 🧶 #Knitting
Unfree shawl in red - shawl features stitched chains on the side
For #WIPWednesday I am still working on the #unfreeMAL
Looking like I won’t finish in time, but I’ve been enjoying working on it little by little in the evenings
A dark green knit triangle shawl in progress on a wooden table. The shawl has a chain-like cable motif along one side
Happy WiP Wednesday! I'm almost done with my #UnfreeMAL shawl! If I were following the pattern, I'd have just completed the final repeat. I weighed my yarn before and after, though, so I know I can fit in one more repeat before the border
#craftivism #charityknitting #knitting 🧶
Now that I have cast off my shawl for the #UnfreeMAL, I just need to get motivated to finish up the ends and then wash and block it. Seeing how a #knitting project blocks out is always one of my favorite parts!
Clip from our #UnfreeMAL Sit & Stitch where we knit, crochet, & talk about everything from yarn to feminism & intersectionality. Watch the full video on YouTube. It's not too late to join the #UnfreeMAL which benefits the National Women's Law Center! 🧶 #knit #craftivist youtube.com/shorts/3Q6tF...
We've passed $250 raised for @nwlc.org from sales of the #UnfreeMAL knit version! Thank you so much to everybody who has participated so far!
#knitting 🧶 #craftivism #charity
Awesome, thank you! You definitely don't have to finish the shawl by April 6th. You can be eligible to win a free prize by posting a WiP pic 🧶😊 #UnfreeMAL #knit #crochet
Grab your current WiP and Sit & Stitch with Rachel & I for the #UnfreeMAL This was hosted yesterday as an Instagram Live that I uploaded to YouTube. We chat about everything from Feminism, intersectionality, & yarn. It's not too late to join the Unfree MAL! 🧶 #knit #crochet youtu.be/hzuBpHS5zEI?...
The second case study of white feminism for the #UnfreeMAL is up! Today we're looking at maternity leave and who we leave behind when it's our sole focus when writing workplace policy
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#journalism #blog #writing #craftivism #activism
Tomorrow (Saturday) at 11 am Eastern, @neurostitches.bsky.social and I will be going live on Instagram to talk about the #UnfreeMAL! If you're not on IG, let me know here if you have any questions you would ask and I'll do my best to answer them. We'll upload the vid to YouTube after!
Sit & Stitch 🧶 with us via Instagram Live this Saturday March 22nd at 11 am Eastern. We'll answer any questions you have about our patterns and discuss feminism, intersectionality, and white feminism. #unfreemal #craftivism #knit #crochet #knitalong #crochetalong
A close up detail of cable and stitchwork, with lifelines, on a red laceweight shawl.
The corner of an asymmetrical triangular shawl worked in multiple shades of red lace yarn that fade into each other.
I am not likely to finish the #UnfreeMAL #knitting 🧶 "on time" but it's lovely and going nicely ...
The laceweight choice is not something I regret, but approximately 1.2 kilometres of yarn worked in reverse stockinette will not be a quick knit.
A green knit shawl in progress, with a cable motif of chains going down one side, on a wooden table. The shawl is wrapped around a dark wooden yarn bowl, in which sits the remainder of the cake of green yarn
Happy WiP Wednesday! I'm still working on the Unfree Shawl. There are still two and a half weeks left in the MAL if you're considering joining! I have seven more repeats to do but I'll probably weigh my yarn as I get close and see if I can squeak in an extra repeat
#UnfreeMAL #knitting 🧶
This looks amazing!! I love it 😊 Thank you for sharing and supporting the National Women's Law Center 🧶 #unfreeMAL #crochet #knit #craftivism
Finished my #UnfreeMAL! It’s been nice slipping back into my #crochet comfort zone. Now to get back to my abandoned knitting project!
@stitch-theory.bsky.social @neurostitches.bsky.social
The #UnfreeMAL is going so well I'd love to host charity MALs regularly (bi- or tri-annually), but I don't have the time and $ to organize prizes that often. Would people join a charity MAL if it didn't have yarn and pattern prizes (outside of maybe my own patterns)?
#knitting #crochet #craftivism 🧶
If you want to channel your rage into knitting, come join us in the #UnfreeMAL. We're raising money for charity and tackling the difficult topic of white supremacy by knitting and crocheting. All genders welcome
#knit #crochet #craftivism #activism #antifascism 🧶
The start of a cabled knit shawl on a grey tile floor. The used yarn is purple, the yarn cake is also visible on a aubergine colored tray with a vase with fuchsia dried flowers on it.
First rows on my shawl for the #UnfreeMAL by @stitch-theory.bsky.social made. I mostly avoid cables in my projects, but these are so gorgeous to the eye I couldn't resist. Tip from an #InclusiveYarnCommunity member was to use stitch markers for cables and they are making cables fun. 🧶💜 #knitsky
We've passed $190 raised for @nwlc.org from sales of the knitting pattern of the #UnfreeMAL! Thank you so much everybody! We still have three weeks in the make-along, so I bet we can reach $200 easily! How much farther can we go?
#knitting #craftivism 🧶
I setup the pattern for the Unfree MAL in KnitCompanion. The main image is a yellow hand knit scarf with a chain pattern going up one edge.
I’ve set up the Unfree pattern in the knitCompanion app. I would be so lost without this app!
#UnfreeMAL
#StichesandStringTheory
#Knitting 🧶
#knitsky
