I will be continuing my own education.”The Guardian contacted Papercut Patterns but did not receive a response. It was the second reckoning over racial and cultural insensitivity to rock the craft community this year. Until the rise of Instagram, and particularly Instagram stories, knitters and sewists connected via blogs and local sewing classes. She has been sewing for more than 50 years and is frequently discriminated against in sewing shops. “If you’re just making garments for yourself to wear around home: it is just sewing, and do just calm down.

Source: The Guardian June 01, 2019 01:18 UTC