String Revolution

Hi, I’m Léan, and String Revolution is my blog about making things. Here you will find:

• Tips, techniques, patterns, passion.
• Knitting, crochet, sewing, embroidery, patchwork, quilting, dressmaking, and more.
• Occasional posts about the history, politics, and sociology of textiles.
• Very little fluff and glitter.
• No eyelash yarn at all.

If you’re keen to join the select coterie of people who can pronounce my name, try this guide.

I occasionally talk about books, and provide associate links to Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com.

Other things you might be vaguely interested to know about me – in no particular order:

• I live in Dublin, with my husband and two beautiful sons (born August 2004 and December 2007).
• I’m a feminist, an agnostic, and a long-term breastfeeder.
• I had our second baby at home, which was a brilliant experience.
• I’m a white, able-bodied (so far), cis woman.
• I sometimes call myself an “educational dissident”, which is a way of saying that I’m not yet entirely comfortable with explaining to people why we’re planning to unschool our children.
• I’m a writer, which in my family is nothing strange.
• When I earn money, it’s often as a copyeditor.
• I adore singing. I decided against doing it professionally around the turn of the century, but I’m in a kickass chamber choir.
• I’m more excited about starting this blog than I’ve been about anything in ages. Nerdy but true.