notanicedragon:

The double knitting technique is great. It has a light side, and a dark side, it binds the scarf together… you can see where I’m going with this can’t you. I only found out about double knitting this past summer and got monumentally carried away. This Star Wars Scarf is just one of the results.

Click on the knitting charts for full sized images. They are worked in order bottom to top.

Edit: For everyone asking I used
UK size 10 (3.25mm) needles and the yarn was a reasonably
priced dk weight (8ply). I used
about 150g of each colour but I knit pretty tightly so you may want to
get extra.

stitcherywitchery:

smash (the patriarchy)

A free knitting pattern from ash alberg.  From the Ravelry notes:

the next period of american/global history is not going to be easy, to say the least. i wanted to figure out some way to help, something that wouldn’t feel like i was taking advantage of a terrible situation to push sales.

knitting is my therapy. it’s also my business, and many of you know i rarely offer free patterns. i offer this pattern for anyone who needs some knitting therapy though – please feel free to use it for yourself, or to teach a class, or to make cozy toques for activists on the front lines (like the water protectors at standing rock).

in lieu of payment, i ask that you consider donating money if you are able to a charity instead that is doing work to help those most affected – immigrants, queers, bipoc, climate change warriors, women. it will come as no surprise when those groups start to see their funding slashed, and our community support for them will matter even more than it does now.