From Madame Defarge to AOC, women have knitted during dark and perilous times to fight, to spy, to document, to soothe, to resist. Knitting IS resistance 🧶🧶🧶 youtu.be/fq0o_QetQXU?... - ThreadSky

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vanessasvortex.bsky.social • 15 days ago

From Madame Defarge to AOC, women have knitted during dark and perilous times to fight, to spy, to document, to soothe, to resist.

Knitting IS resistance 🧶🧶🧶

https://youtu.be/fq0o_QetQXU?si=4gP2U3-lsXjjbnA8

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vanessasvortex.bsky.social•15 days ago

@parkroseperma.bsky.social thanks for your passionate intro to knitting to resist. Sure hope those incredulous women you stitched in get to watch! 🧶🕵️‍♀️🧶😻🧶

vanessasvortex.bsky.social•15 days ago

Knitting SPIES 🧶🕵️‍♀️🧶🕵️‍♀️🧶

Seriously. Did you know?

https://www.moderndailyknitting.com/community/double-o-7-stitches-per-inch-knitting-spies/

vanessasvortex.bsky.social•15 days ago

You might remember pussy hats 😻🧶😻

https://knittingforclimate.com/knitting-as-tool-of-resistance

vanessasvortex.bsky.social•15 days ago

Comprehensive PBS history of knitting for resistance. 🧶🧶🧶

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/stitch-stitch-history-knitting-activism

vanessasvortex.bsky.social•15 days ago

Madame Defarge was based on real women who knitted by the guillotine during the French Revolution. 🧶🧶🧶

https://lithub.com/on-the-covert-role-of-knitting-during-the-french-revolution-and-world-war-ii/

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