Arletta from Ignite Your Inner Artist holding a bright red yarn cake with knitting needles next to the text 'The Knitting Rebellion Has Begun.'

How Craftivism Saves My Sanity in a World on Fire

The world may feel chaotic. Your brain might feel stuck on a spinning beach ball. In such times, picking up your knitting might seem insignificant. There are wildfires, elections, and systemic injustices. And you’re just… counting stitches? But here is the truth: I don’t knit because I think yarn will single-handedly save the world. I knit because …