The Yarn Mission

03/19/2024

It's time Colorado! Who can you invite?

02/10/2024

How do we use our art to dream? In our dreams how free is free? How connected is community?

I think the most insidious way that internalized oppression works is that it stunts our willingness to dream big.

People will sometimes challenge "how could that ever be," but the point is that is should so we need to figure it out. The challenge is not the answer. The challenge is a call to dream.

To me, dreams intimately linked to action. They require one another.

Pictured: Green knitted hat with ribbed brim folded up and cabled crown. Pom pom at the tip of the crown.

The dyer of this yarn has not yet posted in support of safety, freedom, and sovereignty for Palestine so I will not tag them.

The design is my own ()

02/03/2024

Please register for free to join a reflection and discussion space Saturday (4/3). Please be radical and open to dreaming ❤️

01/22/2024

Please join us on Saturday in solidarity and action with the current Global Strike called for by Bisan. This is also a grounded and connected way to launch Black History Month.

The analysis and space that helps us acknowledge our connectiveness to Palestine is the same that helps us frame what is happening in Congo, Sudan, prisons, disenfranchised communities worldwide.

We will check-in, listen to the podcast together, and share a pledge. Next Saturday, we can reflect. Reflection space is for anti-oppressive folx who honor Blackness and Queerness as light.

Please settle in with whatever supports your engagement- knitting, drawing, note-taking, etc. The chat will be open.

You can watch the original event on the Black Women Radicals' website and read an abundance of grounding materials there.

Please check out 's Black Feminist Landscapes Reading Salon's. She helps a space for this discussion a few weeks ago and has another planned in February.

We call for more than a ceasefire, we call for liberation. Everywhere for everyone.

04/03/2023

We were interviewed by The New York Times about the benefits of knitting during meetings. Do you knit during meetings to help your focus?

An official in Wales was called out for knitting in a virtual meeting, setting off a debate over etiquette. Experts say the fine-motor movement activates the parts of the brain used for focus.

10/11/2022

I love when I can sit and get lost in a project. When I can be obsessed with the process and finishing. Those times when nothing else matters.

I have not had those times for years now. So many other things matter and I rarely have the time (or energy) to get lost in it. I have adapted to getting moments in here and there. For those times, I am grateful.

I am finding joy in the simple knits.

What adaptations have you seen in your making recently?

08/12/2022

Hi y'all! Been a minute!

Today, in honor of Black August, we are cohosting a listening space with Red Linen Moon Wellness and Consulting. We will be centering the work of Charlene Carruthers through discussions of what collective and lens mean. Please join us on fb live or YouTube at 5pm if you are able! Check out our pages for links to view and engage later too. ❤❤❤

Powerful Black August to each of you!

07/31/2022

What a joy to knit this amazing pattern. It is so customizable yet still perfect for my "rarely sitting down" lifestyle.
Let me know when you cast on!

Pattern: Out of their league dress by
Yarn: shiny happy cotton by
Photo by

08/07/2020

Send in your donations and make sure to fill out the form for your entry into the raffle.

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08/04/2020

Hey Lauren will be joining me Friday! I will announce the first giveaway winner and talk about giving as redistribution of resources. Lauren and I will discuss abortion access. Definitely join us.

08/03/2020

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TW: Abortion + Black bodies

& are so excited to announce their second Blak August Day talk! Andrea will be talking with of . (http://www.abundantspiritbirth.com/ ) We’ll be discussing what an abortion doula is, how to support Black women & people before/after a termination, & offer resources for aftercare. Join us at 2p CST this Saturday August 8th on IG Live!!

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08/03/2020

Hey yall,
Throughout August and us are gathering money for Black pregnant folx and their supporters. We will be having weekly raffles. The fourth week will be a major prize!

The instructions are in this image.
Donate money.
Fill out form.
Be entered.
Winner will be announced Friday evenings.

Dig deep this month.