Donna Druchunas's Blog

Slate has a snarky little article about political crafting and a link to a slide show of some very provocative pieces. Whatever your political leanings, there's something there to offend. Here are a couple of my favorites:

I thought this was a condom amulet. I'm working on a 'zine called Safe Sex and Dangerous Knitting with Naomi Dagen Bloom. The 'zine will include sex education information along with several knitting patterns for condom cozies. There’ll be condom amulets to wear around your neck, a safe-socks pattern for a pair of socks with a condom pocket on the ankle, a bra with a hidden condom pocket, and more. As it turns out, the item in this photo is an RU486 case.

DemoCraft No. 2: RU-486 Carrying Case
Don't leave home without it. Especially if you're a lady who's sexually active and stylish. Shown here in sleek silver with white rickrack. Or say, "Hello, Sailor!" with fun summer colors. Let the world know who's in charge of your uterus. Thank goodness life begins not at conception, but at endometrial implantation.

This godless cross stitch piece is oddly 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. If the 'zine gets off the ground OK this fall, I want to do another issue called "Question Authority" next year 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."