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I love to share patterns that I find along the way or to talk about some of the neatest designers that are out there today, so I love to post links to the designs or the designers.

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Cora

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

So I came across this article on a Twitter feed for #knitting...

Keep Your Boehner Out of My Uterus

A pleasant visual showing how many American women feel about the Republican speaker of the House as he fights to defund Planned Parenthood. posted Apr 12, 2011 4:43pm EDT

I thought it was an interesting article to be featured on a knitting twitter feed until it mentioned sending knit or crochet uteri to Congress.

Congressmen to get knit and crocheted vaginas

Sharon Watterson

Providence Knitting Examiner

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In the midst of Women's History Month, a new knitting and crochet group was borne across social media networks yesterday to protest the attacks on women's health by the Republican Congress. Inflamed by the recent Rush Limbaugh lambasting of Sandra Fluke and the never-ending attempts by males to control women's choices, a politics-savvy knitter from Colorado hatched the idea on Twitter to send every interfering male government representative a knit or crochet vagina, cervix, or uterus, marked: "Get your prehistoric laws out of my V-JJ! Better yet, here’s one of your own!”

Twitter messages sent by @Druchunas announced the new group's effort on two million-member knit and crochet network site, Ravelry: "Rav group #govtfreevjj is live. Pls join & RT. Send a uterus to male gov't reps: 'Hands off my v-jj. Here's your own.' " Influential forces across the knitting community showed their support as fast as the iPhone tweets could beep. Donna Druchunas is a knitwear designer, author, and teacher. Yes, the empowerment of women is a beautiful thing. Read on.

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So here are some important links:
Ravelry Group: Government Free V-JJ
Hashtag on Twitter: #govtfreevjj
Seek out your representatives and their opponents; see where they stand on issues that directly affect you and your loved-ones. Voting does have lasting consequences.

Patterns:

Womb (Knitty)

Crocheted Womb

Penelope

Fetus Coin Purse

Snatchel

This one is really cool! It is called the Felt Cervix Project.

Felt Cervix Project

what

The original concept of a cervix made out of wool felt, developed into The Felt Cervix Project. Formed in 2011 as a collaborative art installation, with the purpose of creating a large scale sculpture made up of the collected cervices.

why
The project aims to highlight the importance of sexual and reproductive familiarity, education and empowerment. The scope is purposefully broad and undifferentiated to accommodate the many issues surrounding women’s bodies.

when
This is an ongoing project, there is no end date at this time. Cervices will be accepted to add to the installation through 2012 and perhaps beyond.
how

A pattern with instructions on how to knit and felt your own cervix is available here.

where

Mail completed cervices to: Sonya Philip, 1890 Bryant Street studio 211, San Francisco, CA 94110

Please check this out as this affects all women!

Cora

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The “Proselytize Knitting” Badge

The “Proselytize Knitting” Badge - A requirement for all Knitting Scouts, the recipient must do his or her bit to present knitting in a positive light, whilst at the same time avoiding all references to “hipness”, grandmothers, and yoga.

I’m always doing my part in this arena whether it’s spoken or written like in this blog. I teach at my local community league, which was a fluke. I am involved in the Alberta Avenue Initiative and was asked to teach both knitting and crochet. I start with dishcloths as it gives the basics.

The “MacGyver” Badge (Level One) - The recipient must demonstrate clever use of a non-knitting tool in a knitting-related scenario. For instance, recipient has used paper clips as stitch markers, or successfully whittled and then utilized bamboo skewers as dpns.

I’ve used all kinds of things as stitch markers when none were available, and have found clever ways of knitting cables without cable needles using skewers.