Uterus Interlocking Crochet square
Crafting Resistance, One Stitch at a Time
Fiber arts have always been a tool for resistance, storytelling, and protest. Across history, handcrafts have been used to share messages of defiance and hope— from abolition quilts with hidden codes to suffragette banners demanding rights. Today, fiber artists continue this legacy through craftivism, using crochet, knitting, and embroidery to challenge injustice and make a statement.
This Uterus Interlocking Crochet Square is part of that movement. It is a bold and unapologetic stand for reproductive rights and bodily autonomy. This fight is not just about individual choices—it is about freedom, healthcare access, and systemic justice.
About This Pattern & Standard Square Sizing
This design is part of my standardized interlocking crochet square sizes (26x26 windows), meaning it seamlessly fits with my other patterns, allowing you to mix and match squares for blankets, wall hangings, banners, and more.
Skill Level: Advanced Beginner – You need to know double crochet and basic interlocking crochet techniques.
Reversible Design: This pattern creates a stiff, reversible fabric with a clean look on both sides. Ironically, it the reverse side has a skull.
If you're new to interlocking crochet, don’t worry. Once you get past the first few rows, the technique is easier than it looks.
Why This Square Matters (And Why It’s Personal for Me)
Reproductive justice is not just a political issue—it’s deeply personal. As an adopted person raised in a conservative adoptive family, I have been constantly reminded that I should be “grateful” my birth mother didn’t have an abortion, despite being a foster care adoptee. My very existence has been used as a justification for denying others the right to make their own reproductive choices.
"Aren’t you glad your mom chose life?" is never really a question—it is a weapon. A tool used to silence, to shame, to erase the very real complexities of pregnancy, parenthood, and survival.
But what these arguments ignore is that most people who place children for adoption or who lose custody through CPS intervention aren’t unfit or undeserving—they are overwhelmingly people who lacked access to finances, healthcare, mental health services, childcare, housing, or other resources that every family deserves.
The same systems that celebrate adoption as a moral victory refuse to address the root causes of family separation. They champion forced birth while defunding maternal healthcare. They weaponize poverty, systemic racism, and ableism to control who is allowed to parent and who is deemed disposable.
Reproductive control has never been about protecting life—it has always been about controlling who has power, who is valued, and who gets to shape their own future. And I’ve felt the weight of that hypocrisy firsthand.
I made this square as a statement—a reminder that we are still here, still resisting, still demanding that our bodies belong to us—not the state, not the church, not anyone else.
What You Can Do
If this square moves you, I hope you’ll carry that energy forward. Support the people and organizations fighting on the frontlines—those working every day to protect abortion access, advocate for family preservation, fight for gender-affirming care, and make reproductive healthcare available to all, regardless of income, gender, or race.
Organizations Doing Vital Work
Saving Our Sisters – Working to keep families together. savingoursistersadoption.org
SisterSong – Advocating for reproductive justice, centering the voices of marginalized communities. sistersong.net
National Network of Abortion Funds – Providing financial assistance and logistical support for those seeking abortion care. abortionfunds.org
If/When/How – Advocating for reproductive justice through legal support and policy change. ifwhenhow.org
Trans Lifeline – Providing emotional and financial support to trans people in crisis. translifeline.org
Indigenous Women Rising – Supporting Indigenous people seeking reproductive healthcare. iwrising.org
Every stitch, conversation, and action matters.
Get the Pattern
This pattern is available here. If you create this square, I’d love to see your work. Tag me on social media and share how you’re using fiber arts to make a statement.
Let’s keep crafting for change.
With love and resistance,
SJ Allen
