Since we’ve been talking about being domestic goddesses lately, here’s something those of you with crafty fingers might want to make.
This godless cross stitch piece is very inspiring to me as an unbeliever, plus it’s just flat-out funny. I know a lot of religious people get their panties in a wad over stuff like this (and the Darwin fish car emblems), but these are jokes, so lighten up. Next year I want to self publish a knitting ‘zine called “Question Authority” that will talk about knitting and living without obeying arbitrary rules just because they’re printed in a book (beit a Bible or a book by your favorite Knitting Goddess).
DemoCraft No. 4: God-Free Cross-Stitch
Just like Nana would have made—if she’d gone to Wesleyan. For those with more time and better eyesight, try this alternative to the old saying: “Be Patient. My Ability To Transcend My Primitive Evolutionary Biological Impulses Isn’t Finished With Me Yet.”
This photo is from a Slate article about political crafting that has a slide show of some very provocative pieces.
Ha! I love subversive cross-stitch, and even used an example in my TAM5 talk! It was the "BITE ME" cross-stitch, followed with a mock-up of what Phil Plait's calendar photo may have looked like if rendered in needlepoint.
Hey Rebecca, yes that's a really cool book, huh? Sorry I missed TAM5. Do you know if your talk was recorded for the DVDs?
Yes, her talk is indeed on the DVDs (as I have them… just <a> about them to trigger those coincidence markers). Very amusing too!
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I sooo want one, writerdd, you should open up for business.
Oh no, mxracer652! The point is to make it yourself! :-)