Crocheted Strategies: Women Crafting their Own Communities

Jefferies, Janis K.

doi:10.1080/14759756.2016.1142788

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“…Consequently, women's use of sewing declined as a way of rejecting the domesticity and oppression that sewing was seen to encompass for females (Turney, 2009). More recently, there has been a resurgence in those engaging in textiles in the western world (Jefferies, 2016). Popular media suggests a growing reemergence of those interested, and/or engaging, in sewing with a strong online presence of textile based digital blogs and communities (Tilly and the Buttons, 2017).…”

Section: Defining Sewing and Those Who Engage In Sewingmentioning

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Exploring the Role of Sewing as a Leisure Activity for Those Aged 40 Years and Under

Clarke¹

2019

TEXTILE

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Section: Defining Sewing and Those Who Engage In Sewingmentioning

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Exploring the Role of Sewing as a Leisure Activity for Those Aged 40 Years and Under

Clarke¹

2019

TEXTILE

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“…Crafting is not new, people have been sewing, and engaging with arts and crafts for centuries. There has been a new resurgence in craft, especially in textiles (Jefferies, 2016). Craftivism expresses itself in production and distribution of hand-crafted projects as a means of social and political expression.…”

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Craftivism: Hand-Crafted Projects as a Means of Social and Political Expression

Canning¹,

McColl²

2023

Pioneering New Perspectives in the Fashion Industry: Disruption, Diversity and Sustainable Innovation

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“…Susanti & Rahmadaniah (2019) menyebut istilah ini dengan "crochet" dan "knitting" (Jefferies, 2016). Bagi mahasiswa, merajut merupakan kegiatan yang dapat dilakukan untuk mengisi waktu luang atau kegiatan selingan di sela-sela kegiatan utama.…”

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“…Bagi mahasiswa, merajut merupakan kegiatan yang dapat dilakukan untuk mengisi waktu luang atau kegiatan selingan di sela-sela kegiatan utama. Merajut dapat mengasah kreativitas mahasiswa dan memberikan kepuasan tersendiri apabila berhasil mengubah benang-benang menjadi produk buatan tangan yang unik dan menarik (Bahtiar et al, 2014;Jefferies, 2016;Masiah & Adawiyah, 2020b;Storck et al, 2023). Berdasarkan laporan kegiatan PkM yang dilakukan oleh Bahtiar et al (2014), pembuatan kerajinan rajut ini peluangnya masih besar, karena pembuatan dan penjualan tidak sebanding dengan permintaan pasar.…”

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Pendampingan Kewirausahaan Melalui Pelatihan Kerajinan Rajut Untuk Mahasiswa

Juangsih,

Dewanty,

Hayati

2024

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Abstrak: Terdapat beberapa permasalahan yang dihadapi oleh mahasiswa dalam menjalankan usaha kerajinan rajut, di antaranya produk yang dihasilkan belum beragam, serta kurangnya pemahaman mahasiswa tentang bagaimana membaca pola dan memilih benang yang sesuai dengan produk yang akan dibuat. Berdasarkan permasalahan tersebut, tujuan Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat berbasis kewirausahaan ini adalah meningkatkan skill mahasiswa terkait kemampuan merajut, yang meliputi (1) Memperkaya model-model rajutan; (2)Dapat membaca pola rajutan; dan (3) Dapat memilih benang sesuai jenis rajutan yang dibuat. Metode kegiatan pengabdian yang dilakukan adalah melalui workshop, dengan mitra kegiatan adalah mahasiswa Prodi Pendidikan Bahasa Jepang sebanyak 3 orang. Evaluasi dilakukan dengan melihat hasil produk mahasiswa yang dihasilkan berupa crochet. Produk yang dibuat kemudian dipamerkan kepada para dosen dan mahasiswa lain dalam kegiatan pendampingan berikutnya. Hasil yang telah dicapai kegiatan ini adalah adanya peningkatan keterampilan merajut mahasiswa, baik soft skill maupun hard skill sebesar 80%. Adanya peningkatan keterampilan merajut mahasiswa dapat dijadikan acuan untuk melakukan kegiatan wirausaha berikutnya, yaitu merajut crochet yang memiliki kekhasan Jepang.Abstract: There are several problems faced by students in running a knitting craft business, including the products produced are not yet diverse, as well as students' lack of understanding about how to read patterns and choose a yarn that suits the product to be made. Based on these problems, the objective of this entrepreneurship-based Community Service is to improve students' skills related to knitting abilities, which include (1) Enriching knitted models; (2) Reading knitting patterns; and (3) Choosing yarn according to the type of knitting being made. The service activities method is carried out through workshops, with the activity partners being 3 Japanese Language Education Study Program students. Evaluation is carried out by looking at the results of student products produced in the form of crochet. The products are then exhibited to lecturers and other students in subsequent mentoring activities. The results achieved by this activity are an increase in students' knitting skills, both soft skills and hard skills, by 80%. The increase in students' knitting skills can be used as a reference for carrying out the next entrepreneurial activity, namely knitting crochet with Japanese characteristics.

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Crocheted Strategies: Women Crafting their Own Communities

Cited by 9 publications

References 9 publications

Exploring the Role of Sewing as a Leisure Activity for Those Aged 40 Years and Under

Exploring the Role of Sewing as a Leisure Activity for Those Aged 40 Years and Under

Craftivism: Hand-Crafted Projects as a Means of Social and Political Expression

Pendampingan Kewirausahaan Melalui Pelatihan Kerajinan Rajut Untuk Mahasiswa

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