Slo-femists Unplugged

March 7, 2013 marked the inaugural Slo-femist Knitting Circle at Shaktea on Main Street in Vancouver, Canada. Scones and tea were consumed with gusto as members, stitched, knitted and ignited the slow-burning revolution. Discussion was as rich and ripe as a peat bog. Repairs were made to second-hand sweaters. Hats were adorned with rooster feathers and a lively purple sweater grew stitch by stitch.

The birthday girl was treated to scones with lashings of clotted cream and Earl Grey blueberry preserves accompanying three steepings of a rare white tea.

 Ms. Shapiro brought one of nature's wonders (collected by her late mother) to inspire us to better our crafting skills.

Shapiro, Weidenhammer and Kindratsky in attendence ( Ms. and Miss Roy turned up later.)

Every revolution must have its own cartoonist and Ms. Kindratsky has got off to an excellent start . . . not with a bang, or a whimper, but a wink!

The Slo-femist (Un)fashion Show

Some ideas for the Slo-femist (Un)fashion Show:

People in the audience are actually knitting, crocheting, mending clothes as the show is going on. The slow fashion on display is remade, recycled, mended and re-fashioned--the more times the better. If it becomes an annual show, the challenge is to show the same remodeled pieces from the year before, and so on.

The people who narrate the show are also the people wearing and creating the clothes--the division of labor among seamstress, designer and model are not hierarchical.

Artists bring the scraps they can not use to be shared and/or composted (if they are very wee).

Artists also display unique patches, mending techniques, natural dye methods.

One part of the space could be a clothing swap depot.

There would be no division between haute couture and ready-to-wear.

Some slo-femist uniforms could be conceived and devised, for slo-femist activities such as pruning, weeding, composting, beekeeping, feeding the chickens, victory gardening, etc.