Show your support of women’s rights and your rightful disdain for the patriarchy by knitting up a Trample the Patriarchy Banner!

CRAFTIVISM IDEAS:

• While you knit a Trample the Patriarchy Banner, meditate on how you can use your unique voice, interests, and talents to raise awareness on how patriarchy affects all people.
• Hang Trample the Patriarchy Banner in public places around your town with a tag including information for how to Register to vote.
• Sew your banner onto a sweater or sign to wear at women’s rights events.
• Gather your friends and organize a craftivism group! Knit Trample the Patriarchy Banner together and plan ways you can help turn out more community members to vote in local elections.
• Knit and sell Trample the Patriarchy Banner to raise money for an organization working to advocate for women’s rights

Some organizations you might want to support are:

• The American Civil Liberties Union
• The National Organization for Women
• UN Women

Finished Dimensions:
• Approximately 12” / 30.5 cm wide by 9 / 23 cm tall

Gauge:
• 24 sts and 27 rows over 4” / 10 cm in stranded colorwork stockinette st worked flat and blocked

Materials:
• Fingering Weight wool yarn
• Color 1 (pictured in blue): Approximately 60 yards /55 meters
• Color 2 (pictured in red): Approximately 45 yards / 41 meters

Needles:
• Size US 3 (3.25 mm) 20” / 51 cm needles or size needed to obtain gauge