Good morning, teachers, stitchers and resisters!

How can people join you in getting involved across D.C.? Our picks this week: 🤘 A @foodnotbombsdc.bsky.social benefit show 🧑‍⚖️ @harrietsdreams.bsky.social and @freedcproject.bsky.social are training future jurors 🧶 @rhizomedc.bsky.social hosts crafting and conversation about police abolition

Holy capicola! Sandwich Guy acquitted.

Oh, dear. 😭😹😭 Who's up to knit this lol? <alt-text highly recommended>

“In a free society, all are involved in what some are doing,” said Abraham Joshua Heschel, an American rabbi who opposed the Vietnam War and participated in the civil rights movement. “Some are guilty; all are responsible.” from @mashagessen.bsky.social in @nytimes.com #FreeDC

bombs against militarization — YARN bombs #knitsky #yarnbombing #FreeDC

What D.C. parents can keep in mind when talking to their kids about the current moment: • Be honest and vulnerable • Let kids lead • Help them understand the big picture • Build community • Look for the helpers More tips from the local experts contributor Foram Mehta interviewed:

Even this orange man agrees we’re going to make DC a state ✊✊

A seeming bit of history tonight as Ghazala Hashmi becomes the first Asian American to win statewide office in Virginia - and the first Muslim woman to win statewide office *anywhere* in the United States.

Good morning only to people who voted Democrat or cheered them on — which is now most Americans, heh heh. #FreeDC #yarnbomb #knitsky #craftivism

This dreamy yarnbomb recreates Banksy in Columbus, Ohio!

“Threads” (2025) #therapythoughts #furryart #arttherapy

The message #FreeDC resonates everywhere -- including at the Ohio polls. ❤️🤍💙

🧶 Yarn & Yap is back! Bring your latest project and meet fellow fiber artists this Thursday at 6 p.m. at Northwest One Library. Whether you knit, crochet, or weave — all are welcome!

Only cults WE join center on yarn (and maybe pets or gelato), but still... If only because she is knitting while speaking and also wearing a purple hat + fuzzy hoop earrings, suggest you hear out this knit-lady cult expert on the creepy implications of seeing a certain felon face on jacket lapels.

Go vote today!

As a reminder to vote today in Virginia, NJ, Calif. and elsewhere, here are the embroidered names of women who starved themselves for that privilege.

If I’d stolen those jewels I’d just sit at home wearing them.

Yarn-bombing is thought to have originated in Texas USA, instigated by clothes-shop owner Magda Sayeg and a group known as Knitta Please, who began the "knit graffiti" movement to brighten up public spaces as a form of street art #Womensart

Emillie Ferris, contemporary English embroidery artist #womensart

Local cooperation with immigration enforcement has become a flashpoint since the federal surge in D.C. At a recent Council hearing, speakers recognized D.C.'s options are limited — but called local leaders' lack of effort and urgency shameful: "Fight with us, y’all, or get to the side," one said.

bikes + yarn Things get no better than 🚲 and 🧶.

In DC, we take care of our own (even when feds try to foil us). #FreeDC

Hey, DC — ready for your makeover? 💅💇🏾‍♀️🪞 The new look is very #FreeDC yarnbomb. Trying it for size here near Kingman Park: Doesn’t it make us look more JOYFUL and POWERFUL?

#yarnbomb philly

The yarn bombings continue in war ravaged Portland…take cover! Go to your safe rooms! Find a buddy if you have to walk the streets! Do not attempt to deactivate a yarn bomb unless you are a professional. #portland #yarnbomb #nokings #protest

Washington Teachers’ Union has entered the chat www.newsweek.com/ice-suffers-...

Happy Halloween! #FreeDC

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Assata Shakur

“DC should absolutely pass a policy like Chicago just did, creating ICE-free zones. We should not be allowing ICE agents to use establishments in our communities, even for restrooms or breaks.” — Dante O’Hara

🙉 Guess which streaming platform we will NOT be listening to as we knit our #FreeDC yarn bomb masterpieces (using this pattern: bit.ly/FDCyarnbomb). #FreeDC #cancelSpotify

"Loombombing"? Another means of messaging-by-stitching in this newly registered Scottish tartan that memorializes victims of witchcraft persecution. (Fun fact: "Plaid" in old Scots Gaelic meant "blanket.") #knitsky

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Out now, in the leafy wilds of Northwest DC, another new yarnbomb, and WE LOVE THIS SO MUCH 💝💝💝. #FreeDC #yarnbomb #knitsky Want to knit one and send to us? Mailing address in pattern: bit.ly/FDCyarnbomb

We remember wondering in the early 2000s if we could still bring knitting needles on airplanes. (These were the old-fashioned stick kind, not circulars, and tbh, you really could use them as weapons in a pinch.) The answer was 'yes,' but the scissors? They were confiscated.

To #FreeDC, we need and rely on independent, authentic — and highly readable 🤓 — local news, like @51st.news.

After I posted about the No Kings event in Paris, some folks got upset with me. So I made this to express how sorry I am.

cluck cluck DC law prohibits back-yard hen houses, but I suppose this sort might be fine. Especially if they say "Free DC"!!! ::: Pattern link in bio, hint hint ::: #FreeDC #yarnbomb

🧶🧶🧶 #knit #knitsky

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Protest. Knit. Impede ICE... All at once. Portland rocks. #knitsky #FreeDC

DMV friends, if you’ve been looking for a good place to help out your neighbors, the Capital Area Food Bank is a great option.

Can you read this one? (Find a hint in the hashtags.)

The clocks turned, autumn is truly here. I spent this rainy & blustery afternoon in Berlin making these needle felted acorns 🧶 #Handarbeitsclub

Yarnbombing? Yarnstorming? Craftivism? From Houston to the world, their histories--herstories, really--are, uh, *entwined*, you might say. <showing myself the door> I do get it now, thanks to this colorful account from a UK scholar of folklore studies from @herts.ac.uk. ❤️🩷💛🩵💜🧡💚 #FreeDC #yarnbomb

Be part of the #rosesagainstviolence movement and #stopviolenceagainstwomen in #vienna #austria ! #yarnbombing #yarnbomb #craftivism #craftivist #artivism #urbanart #streetart #crochet #häkeln #knitting #yarnlove #urbanmessage #stopdomesticviolence #feminism #niunamenos #microactivism #österreich

It's happppppppennnnning❣️❣️❣️ 💃🏾Our pattern's DEBUT in the wild -- seen on Capitol Hill. ❤️💛🖤💛❤️ {Note considerate yarnbomber's attention to not blocking the trap door used to empty the bin.} 🧶You can yarnbomb, too! bit.ly/FDCyarnbomb #FreeDC #knitting #yarnbomb @freedcproject.bsky.social

Here is the Ravelry link for my free #AbolishICE beanie. Extensive notes cover all aspects of #knitting and refer to video tutorials; versions in cotton/wool fingering/sport. I appreciate any favorites there/here to boost the pattern! #knitsky #AbolishICE #NoKings 🧶 www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...