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Official Blog of the Crochet Liberation Front
http://www.crochetliberationfront.blogspot.co…
The official blog of the Crochet Liberation Front. Raising the awareness of the public about what crochet is, liberating the hook and enthusiasts from tired, worn out stereo types, and awarding outstanding crocheted goodness!
Did you know that crochet CANNOT be made by machine. All crocheted items are made by hand, therefore all the "inexpensive" crocheted clothing, home accessories, decor, jewelry, and shoes, yes shoes, are made in sweatshops for little to nothing.
Crochet is a skill, the people who crochet deserve to be treated as valid in their labor and creations. One of my aims is to get people to acknowledge that buying a $10 crochet table cloth at any store is wrong...just plain wrong...because someone worked their fingers to the bone LITERALLY to the bone to make that piece...
- Added on: Feb 19th, 2009
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Laurie Wheeler
- Listed in: Crochet Economic Activism
- Tags: fashion crochet fair trade crochet patterns crochet books independant design publishing
Recent Posts
Blog Feed Etc...
Ok, because I am still wrangling with the blog ring, and because I know many of you are on blogger, for your convienience I've put a feed from the wordpress blog onto this blog, so that you can keep tabs easier ;)Yes, it's redundant. But, it's how I ...
CLF Blog moving...
So, I've crocheted some moving boxes, packed up the posts, and am working on making sure all the links are set (you know how much I hate them), so that the Official Liberation Front Blog will have a nice new home.Yup...moving to wordpress. Why?Cause ...
Call To Arms
As you know we in the CLF are tired of being downtrodden and mistreated. A good example of this was the latest crochet challenge thrown down out of Interweave's PieceWork magazine.According to the author (not a crochet expert by any means btw) this v...
Website update, video tutorials, and other stuff
Well, I updated the CLF website. The front page is changed, I added a page of video tutorials that will be added to from time to time. The offerings on the page are diverse from folks within and without the industry! Rock on folks! We are the hookste...
Set My Picot Free Award Winner!
So, I was doing a search for belly dancing costumes...and what do I find?http://www.crochetkitten.com/ she has tons of patterns she's made, and they are so totally awesome.I contacted her on Ravelry.com and asked if I could use her images here becaus...
OMG I finally got it! Crochet Today Article!
WOW! Ok, I owe Tina Barseghian a HUGE thank you for taking the incoherent ramblings of a mad woman and writing a very very smooth article!Yes, today I managed to track down TWO copies of the magazine at a Barnes and Noble and hour south of me (it's t...
Comments & Reviews
This blog is currently rated a 5.00 out of a possible 5 based on 5 comments.
Jen
What can I say....AWESOME!
Heather
This is the type of crochet blog I've been looking for!
Bec Thomas
Great blog on crochet providing new idea's and social networking while taking over the world.
Love t..:)))
Posted: September 9th, 2009 | Report This Comment