Ok, so here's a little about today's event. The tree outside Northwest Yarns is decorated with a Pride flag sweater. In the last few months, it's been attacked, mutilated, and stolen several times.
But these hateful bastards have no idea what they're up against. They pissed off FIBER ARTISTS. Knitters. Crocheters. They'll never win.
We knitted more flags. We crocheted squares to patch the old one. I made a trans patch with nålbinding which is damn near indestructible.

And today we are putting them on ALL THE DAMN TREES.

I'll be using #BHamLoveWins to share our celebration with you.
#BHamLoveWins The old flag was just stripes. It got torn apart. So we punked it up and made it better.
Flags and patches waiting to go up. #BHamLoveWins
Not playing around today. #BHamLoveWins
Getting ready! #BHamLoveWins
I made this squiddy boy in the window. #BHamLoveWins
Heather getting the first flag ready. #BHamLoveWins
Trans flag going up! #BHamLoveWins #TransPride
The flag is almost finished being sewn onto the tree. #BHamLoveWins #transPride
Adding the #TransPride patch. I made it with nålbinding so it would be damn near indestructible. #TransPride #BHamLoveWins
BOOM. Take that, haters. #trans #transpride #BHamLoveWins
Non-binary flag going up! #NonBinary #BHamLoveWins
Part of the party. #BHamLoveWins
Two trees successfully queered, 7 to go. #BHamLoveWins
Having a great (and safe!) time! #BHamLoveWins
Bisexual flag going up! #BiPride #BHamLoveWins
The #genderqueer flag is going up! #BHamLoveWins
From this side, you can see how badly damaged our original #Pride flag tree sweater was. They shredded it. #BHamLoveWins
But this is what we made it into. It's art now. Love wins. #BHamLoveWins #Pride
Asexual flag up, with the special crocheted patch I made. #BHamLoveWins #asexual
Intersex flag up! I crocheted the inner yellow and purple. A local intersex child activist made the main flag on a knitting machine. #intersex #Pride #BHamLoveWins
The big flag isn't going up today, we need a bigger ladder. We want it completely out of reach. #BHamLoveWins #Pride
These are the knife marks from when they slashed the original flag off the tree. The tree will heal on it's own. The rest is up to us. #BHamLoveWins #Pride
The #lesbian flag is going up! This yarn was hand-dyed at the shop by Melissa, who you can see holding the ladder down. You can get her yarns at http://www.nwyarns.com  and look for the Leviathan brand. #Pride #BHamLoveWins
Alright, we've done what we can today. The street is really damn queer now. If you're a yarn person, check out the shop online at http://nwyarn.com . It's locally owned and queer-celebratory. #Pride #BHamLoveWins #Bellingham #yarn
*gives every single hater the bird with both hands* LOVE WINS.
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