Gitga’at women install a symbolic blockade across the Douglas Channel—in crochet.
In a traditional canoe, Gitga’at women protest the Northern Gateway by installing a blockade made of crochet across the Douglas Channel. Yarn activism is a familiar phenomenon in Canada, receiving a huge boost in 2009 after an influential book was published by authors Moore and Prain.
Women in Gitga’at use 7,000 metre long crochet to protest #Enbridge #NorthernGateway pipeline http://t.co/JIQ40Vgqwk pic.twitter.com/kn6RkgiCI2
— WestCoastNativeNews (@WCnativenews) June 19, 2014Another pic. pic.twitter.com/wYSFCxnEmw
— Michael Cote (@NorthCoastPilot) June 19, 2014Gitga'at women's crochet protest of #NorthernGateway pipeline - creating symbolic blockade. Intv on @cbcasithappens pic.twitter.com/xDnyzM7YWR
— CBC_Aboriginal (@CBC_Aboriginal) June 18, 2014Hawksberry Pt. left, Promise Is. right, just over 2 miles to stretch the #chainofhope across the Douglas. Hartley Bay pic.twitter.com/rQgqmeovuw
— Michael Cote (@NorthCoastPilot) June 20, 2014“Chain of Hope,” 11,544 feet long, across Douglas Channel RT @CFNRFM: Gitga'at women crochet symbolic blockade - CFNR http://t.co/wcraUf6enO
— Desk of L. Riding (@leanneriding) June 17, 2014Me being me, what’s capturing my attention at the moment is this #northerngateway crochet protest planned for Friday: http://t.co/NkGr6Ipb1M
— Desk of L. Riding (@leanneriding) June 17, 2014That’s a headsup to craftivists, yarn-bombers and fans of textile and fibre artistry as well. :-)
— Desk of L. Riding (@leanneriding) June 17, 2014“Made of multicolour yarn and decorated with family keepsakes and mementos including baby pictures and fishing floats…”
— Desk of L. Riding (@leanneriding) June 17, 2014“…with written messages on them, the chain will stretch from Hawkesbury Island to Hartley Bay, a distance of 11,544 feet.” more >>
— Desk of L. Riding (@leanneriding) June 17, 2014“The Chain of Hope itself is over 20,382 feet long and was stitched by the women and children of the Gitga’at First Nation…”
— Desk of L. Riding (@leanneriding) June 17, 2014“The Chain of Hope itself is over 20,382 feet long and was stitched by the women and children of the Gitga’at First Nation…”
— Desk of L. Riding (@leanneriding) June 17, 2014“…with their friends and family across BC and Canada.”
— Desk of L. Riding (@leanneriding) June 17, 2014Can’t retweet it without permission but love the flickr photo of the pandas wearing teeny button blankets (๑╹◡╹๑) http://t.co/Tx8Qzn4FPj
— Desk of L. Riding (@leanneriding) June 17, 2014@leanneriding That IS an impressive grass roots campaign. All of the people involved are awesome!
#peacefulyetforceful #cdnpoli #bcpoli
— Elizabeth Wilson (@WilsonES13) June 17, 2014Anyway, the thing I want to hear about today.
— Desk of L. Riding (@leanneriding) June 20, 2014Craft-based activism seems to be an arts discipline in which we can err in looking to any one person/group to be a spokesperson or elite.
— Desk of L. Riding (@leanneriding) June 20, 2014It is likely that there is someone living very near each one of us, capable of producing fantastic craft-based art. It can pop up anywhere.
— Desk of L. Riding (@leanneriding) June 20, 2014Earlier, was postponed -> MT @UBCIC: … Due to weather we will hold off …We don't want to take any chances w/ the canoe, women & children
— Desk of L. Riding (@leanneriding) June 20, 2014In Hartley Bay heading out to string #chainofhope crochet across Douglas Channel with Gitga'at. pic.twitter.com/vxE1XTe0FE
— Jennifer Rice (@JenniferRice6) June 20, 2014Gitga'at canoeing across Douglas Channel releasing #chainofhope crochet. pic.twitter.com/5ZLs43Y2BA
— Jennifer Rice (@JenniferRice6) June 20, 2014Gitga'at canoe pulling #chainofhope crochet across Douglas channel 2 Hartley Bay.#bcpoli#cdnpoli @BCNDPWomen pic.twitter.com/4sz8rVQmot
— Jennifer Rice (@JenniferRice6) June 20, 2014Crochet :-°
— Desk of L. Riding (@leanneriding) June 20, 2014This smart politician realizes that she’s got the pics :) and now here I am retweeting her position. Well, fine. She is there, and I am not.
— Desk of L. Riding (@leanneriding) June 20, 2014Wonderful video of the #Gitgaat's crocheted #ChainofHope to block #NorthernGateway oil tankers from their waters https://t.co/2AN69GuOhT
— Brent Patterson (@CBrentPatterson) June 20, 2014I cannot crochet worth a darn :E
— Desk of L. Riding (@leanneriding) June 20, 2014PUN!!! #WasAnAccident
— Desk of L. Riding (@leanneriding) June 20, 2014Holding the "end of the line" #chainofhope in Hartley Bay. Amazing feat by the Gitga'at women! pic.twitter.com/A0yD69oK2W
— Jennifer Rice (@JenniferRice6) June 20, 2014B.C. Gitga'at Nation protests the #NorthernGateway with symbolic blockade of wool yarn
http://t.co/Vi3F5WeMaz pic.twitter.com/uucmIwBkUA
— CTV Vancouver (@CTVVancouver) June 21, 2014Those waves are quite big to be out in an open canoe :-° takes quite some guts. Congrats on a successful crochet-crossing! :-) #chainofhope
— Desk of L. Riding (@leanneriding) June 21, 2014There we go: the official release on #NorthernGateway, via gc.ca: http://t.co/ZuC8MzXNq4 #hw
— kady o'malley (@kady) June 17, 2014#northerngateway approval. what do you think? Join in the live online reaction http://t.co/mwowVBVTEY pic.twitter.com/g1HirspnXY
— CKNW (@CKNW) June 17, 2014MT@MikeHudema: News Release #FirstNations Going to Court United Against #Enbridge’s #NorthernGateway #cdnpoli #bcpoli pic.twitter.com/NHqBUkZ80u
— Jessica McIlroy (@jessicamcilroy) June 17, 2014More releases re: #northerngateway don’t you worry, not going to flood you with this stuff, rest of twitter’s got that covered.
— Desk of L. Riding (@leanneriding) June 17, 2014Heiltsuk Nation responds to Fed Govt decision on Enbridge’s Northern Gateway Pipeline Project | Coastal http://t.co/0eGfwddYoo via @@CFNGBI
— CoastalFirstNations (@CFNGBI) June 17, 2014Statement from the Council of the Haida Nation @CHN_HaidaNation #NorthernGateway #notankers pic.twitter.com/eGxLMhXhwD
— Jen B (@frowardten) June 17, 2014Ms. Blaney quite an experienced speaker, very interesting young lady. MT @duncanmccue: 12 yr old @takaiyablaney pic.twitter.com/kkJtgWJ2cJ
— Desk of L. Riding (@leanneriding) June 18, 2014.@leanneriding Yes, @TaKaiyaBlaney is a veteran now. i did this profile on her when she was a youngster - lol http://t.co/GzS9g1XiBk
— Duncan McCue (@duncanmccue) June 18, 2014#streetart #urbanart #yarnbombing #masterwork by Magda Sayeg #trees #knitting #crochet pic.twitter.com/xurlLsqdxI
— Beyond Banksy (@BeyondBanksy) June 11, 2014#streetart #urbanart #yarnbombing #masterwork by Magda Sayeg in #MexicoCity #Mexico #bus pic.twitter.com/pr6iMJ8r3i
— Beyond Banksy (@BeyondBanksy) June 11, 2014
Nature is also eligible for #YarnBombing!
Learn how to yarn bomb here: http://t.co/F4aCvdPXWC pic.twitter.com/MTxH8H2nx3
— Artfire (@Artfire) June 11, 2014#streetart #urbanart #yarnbombing #masterwork by Marianne Jorgensen in #Copenhagen #Denmark #Tank #Blanket pic.twitter.com/f6m2hycnsD
— Beyond Banksy (@BeyondBanksy) June 11, 2014
@whimsycate LOOKIT yarnbombing in Oban! Pretty! pic.twitter.com/ZyRrbz2veA
— Lolaface (@fnmgirly) June 15, 2014Brilliant yarnbombing - A yellow submarine! http://t.co/YXT5j4ARPF pic.twitter.com/UENrpqPauE
— Betsy Bouche (@betsybouche) June 15, 2014#Craftivism - Yarn bombing pic.twitter.com/kB9OdQuKuh
— Hypathie (@HypathieBlog) June 19, 2014'Yarn bombing' artist Olek attempts to brighten up morning commute by covering an entire TRAIN with crochet http://t.co/SuOnDWLJNA
— craftivism (@craftivism) August 15, 2013One of our favorite #MuseumMemories is the yarn bomb at Yukon Transportation Museum! What's yours? #MuseumWeek pic.twitter.com/msYOvxZ32e
— Tourism and Culture (@insideyukon) March 26, 2014Yarn-bombed woolly mammoth's pyjamas stolen outside the Beringia Interpretive Centre in Whitehorse Yukon #rewilding http://t.co/wRlbnChW6y
— Iain McKechnie (@IainMcKechnie) June 14, 2013Wonder if they ever got the mammoth’s pyjamas back? :-°
— Desk of L. Riding (@leanneriding) June 20, 2014PLAYLIST: Hey, did you go to this launch? Wow.
This book is amazing RT @Arsenalpulp Arsenal Pulp Press and the Yarn Bombing book on The New Yorker blog. Sweet! http://bit.ly/IQCKJ
— Geist (@geistmagazine) August 19, 2009Today Show discusses "the new craze of yarn bombing." Hey, we were there first! (Or rather, Leanne Prain, Mandy... http://t.co/jmClJkIm
— Arsenal Pulp Press (@Arsenalpulp) September 7, 2012Moore & Prains’s book was back in 2009. :-) Does it seem longer ago? Seems to be the way of things with great ideas #yarnbombing
— Desk of L. Riding (@leanneriding) June 20, 2014
