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3 changes to make for more inclusive test knits
I’ve talked previously about designer pay, and how designers need to be paid more for there to be a chance for marginalized folks to enter and stay in the industry. This remains true in 2022, and I still believe that designer pay is too low across the board no matter who the designer is. Inclusive test knitting is still a conversation that we have to have, however. However, the devaluing of the labor associated with the knitting craft doesn’t just exist in designer pay. It’s in every part of…
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Don’t give up on beauty in times of darkness.
My friends, don’t give up on beauty in times of darkness. Yes, rage into the night. Yes, protest the injustice in the world. Yes, perform civil disobedience, if that is something within your ability to do. Yes, donate to organizations that will work to correct the injustices that are aggrieving us all. But don’t give up on beauty. Create with your hands. Whether that be the fiber arts, or gardening, or cooking and nourishing your body and those of your family members’… create. Feel the fiber slip through…
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Being bad at capitalism from a business perspective.
When I first started my knitting design business, it was to support my friend Jen at 626 Yarn and her Thai Iced Tea gradient sock set. We ended up raising funds to donate towards organizations that supported Asians and Asian Americans, during a time of rising hate crime against us. To be honest, as new businesses it doesn’t make very much financial sense to donate huge chunks of income. And yet, we have continually made choices which in any reasonable capitalist society would be called “bad business.” At…
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Making better sock choices: How I think about yarn.
Now that we've talked about all the ways to evaluate a yarn for sustainability reasons and for our personal values, why we shouldn't be horrible to other people who make different choices than we do, and the different things that make this a personal choice and not one size fits all... It's time to take a little look at how I personally make choices as a way to look into how one person might balance different factors in making yarn choices for a better world! This post is…
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6 ways to measure environmental impact by fiber.
Disclaimer: If you’re new here, don’t forget to read the previous posts in this series for context. We don’t do yarn snobbery here so please do not take any information from my work to go and be a rude jerk to other people. Everyone here is a beloved member of this community and this work is for those who are able to financially, medically, and mentally have the space to try to make these choices in a more targeted way. Last time, I wrote about how the relative…
