STUDIO MIRANDA
STUDIO MIRANDA
 

 

designs by robynn weldon

 
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tutorials

pattern notes

Studio notes
Introducing the Frail scarf
Introducing the Frail scarf
New, improved Elfbaby – auch auf Deutsch!
New, improved Elfbaby – auch auf Deutsch!
Let's Twist Again
Let's Twist Again

interviews

general

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Links to surprise and delight
Links to surprise and delight
On a mission
On a mission
Making is meaning
Making is meaning
 
 
 

free patterns

 
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Took a short break yesterday to enjoy the absolutely gorgeous morning. Definitely a perk of (sometimes) working from home - I have the luxury of controlling my time and getting fresh air when I need it. And yet I hardly ever do that. Silly me.
Ok so now the question is, who can recommend me some fantastic POC made shawl pins?
In all the racism talk this past week (see comments if you don't know what I'm talking about!), there's one thing that keeps coming up: "I'm not privileged, my life is hard too." Wow, people really do hate the word privilege. (See also: "I don't call it privilege because it's just how life should be for everyone."), But it's the best one we've got, and one great reason to keep using it is the amount of work that's been done to explain it, making it super easy to research. . I'm really no expert but one thing I can tell you: privilege isn't one thing. It doesn't mean that having this one advantage invalidates all your other disadvantages. But they interact. Race discrimination is just one HUGE thing that you don't have to deal with, even if there are others you do. There's a brilliant video online that demonstrates this - google "privilege walk". It's eye opening. . The thing about privilege is that by its nature, it blinds us. Having white skin protects us from experiencing racism, so it can be easy to think it doesn't exist, or doesn't exist here, wherever you happen to be. You don't have to apologise for your privilege, but you do need to recognise that it exists, and pay attention to what POC are telling you about their experience. . Saying "the knitting community is racist" isn't name calling, any more than saying "our society is sexist" is an attack on any random man who happens to read that. Don't #NotAllWhitePeople this. Listen and learn. And do better.
Nice try, 2019, beautiful morning and all, but don't think I haven't noticed that today you added chicken pox round 2 to the equation. DO BETTER.
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