November 03, 2005
The AntiCraft
Have you seen theanticraft.com? Issue the First is titled "You're going to die anyway, so you might as well knit." The AntiCraft anitfesto states, "We just got tired of [crafts] having to be so dang perky all the time," and the letter from the editrices elaborates:
"Here's the thing. We craft first and knit foremost. We are creatrices out of aesthetic necessity, not whim. This issue, our first issue, is all about taking a mess of string and coercing it into tidy stitches in neat rows. That this mirrors society's demand for complete conformity is not lost on us. We'd fight to recover our individuality, but we're too tired. It's easier to craft about it instead.
We began with knitting because the recent revolution has both invigorated and infuriated us. We are the target demographic, but the marketers forgot something when they made the decision from on high to present us with cheery representations of feminine wiles. They forgot to ask who we were. Where are the sweaters to enshroud our dark hearts? Where are the afghans to blanket our angst? Where is the macabre? The dark sensuality? We've brandished our needles in defiance."
The Curse Your Boyfriend sweater (made with Wool-Ease) offers two charts: runes or an anatomical heart: "To remove boyfriend: Mix one handknit sweater with a generous dash of the appropriate runes. Serve cold. To keep boyfriend: Wrap in plastic or place in airtight container. Store in a cool, dry place. Or just use the anatomical heart motif provided instead."
Posted by Karen at 05:48 PM | Comments (0)