Zines!

I started making zines for my college radio station in 2001, whoa, and then I made my first personal project zine in 2007, called Do Stuff! Here’s me back then pointing to the zine—the cover of that zine is a photo of me in second grade pointing at a painting I made.

a photo of me, proudly (and awkwardly) pointing to the zine i made, which features a photo of me in 2nd grade, proudly (and awkwardly) pointing to a painting i made

That zine isn’t available anymore, but I did distribute a few hundred copies at the time so if you have it that’s cool!

cover of my old zine, which was a photo sewn onto to a recycled piece of cardboard so every copy was different

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I started wanting to get back into zine-making in recent years and I started with my little pizza-making zine in 2023:

make cast iron pan pizza! zine cover with illustration of pan with steam lines coming off it, smaller print: a little zine by Lee, leemeredith.com, t@leedoesstuff ig@lee_does_stuff_

pizza zine blog post
downloadable on my free patreon

I started 2025 by making a movies-of-2024 zine! I got obsessed with making a giant crossword puzzle, as well as multiple other connect-the-dots and other puzzles, and illustrations, and lists of movies and stuff:

cover of movies zine, with handdrawn text: It's hard, isnt it, being a person? the movies of 2024, by Lee, Lee Does Stuff. Drawing of a movie theater from the audience point of view, with a boot up and the backs of chairs, the zine title is on the movie screen. Below the boot and chairs are seven handdrawn movie posters, for: Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World, Lisa Frankenstein, My Old Ass, I Used to Be Funny, National Anthem, Woman of the Hour, The People's Joker

2024 movie zine blog post
downloadable on my free patreon

I made this little educational zine to distribute freely at mutual aid events as well as little free libraries, etc:

downloadable on my free patreon

For June 2025, I designed this Progress flag knitting pattern as a zine to give away locally during Pride month and on my free patreon:

Zine cover, title Progress, text about the knitting pattern and the origin of the Progress Pride Flag, with a drawing and a technical schematic of the flag pattern

downloadable on my free patreon

In July 2025 I released a Palestinian flag modular pattern as a zine:

cover of zine called FreeFree with text This is a knitting pattern for a modular Palestinian Flag. It’s best for intermediate knitters, or adventurous beginners who are feeling up to it! Everything is shaped with increases and decreases, and joined by picking up selvage stitches as you work sideways. This way there’s no intarsia or seaming! Then a drawing of the flag and a schematic and over the top a red stamp image saying FREE FREE PALESTINE

downloadable on my free patreon

In August 2025 I made a mini-zine tutorial on how to make seitan, in the same style and format as my pizza-making mini-zine:

zine cover of mini-zine titled Make Seitan! with text "turn gluten into faux meat logs! flavor how you like! use your logs in different ways! have fun!" and an illustration of the Log Lady holding a log of seitan

downloadable on my free patreon

In September 2025 I launched my paid patreon, with plans to make at least one new zine per month moving forward! The first one to release was a recipe zine called Saucy Noodles/Rice:

zine cover with title "Saucy Noodles / Rice" and drawings of ingredients with some of them circled

available to patreon members
talked about here on my blog

In September I also turned my old recycled yarn making ebook into a zine:

zine cover: Remixed, Making Recycled Yarns, a zine by Lee Meredith with bullet points: turn old sweaters into new yarns picking out the best sweaters how to use recycled yarns combining & adding to yarns spinning recycled yarns making self-striping yarns

available to patreon members
also included when you buy the ebook on payhip or on ravelry

In October I made a zine about my dvd-collecting hobby, illustrated with pen drawings of my collection:

cover of "Let's Get Physical Media!" zine with subtitle "My [addiction, crossed out] hobby movie hunting for dvd deals & blu ray bargains. a zine by Lee leedoesstuff.com

available to patreon members

My Movie Knitting (also from October) zine talks all about my experience knitting in movie theaters and knitting sweaters with movie stripes (with photos and lists of movies watched during each sweater) and includes a knitting pattern designed to knit while watching movies:

cover of Movie Knitting zine, subhead "with Double Feature knitting pattern" and "a zine & pattern by Lee leedoesstuff.com"

available to patreon knit-tier members
also on ravelry and payhip

Knitting Comrade (from November) is a knitter’s sidekick: tutorials, rulers for gauge, and other helpful info meant to carry around with your knitting stuff:

cover of Knitting Comrade zine, with text: "Need to graft? It’s got your back. Pattern requires a magic cast-on or a stretchy bind-off? It’s there for you. Too many ends? Just check in here. Always keep it with your knitting stuff, a true friend to the end. knit technique tutorials for adventurous beginners & beyond! a zine by Lee leedoesstuff.com" and rulers along the side

available to patreon members
the individual tutorials are also available as downloadable jpgs here

I 🧡 Soup! was also released in November, 5 plant-based soup recipes with riso-printed cover art:

cover of I [heart] SOUP! zine, with soup bowl illustration and hand-written text 5 plant-based soup recipes! posole! lasagna soup! loaded baked potato soup! chorizo kale stew! tempeh tomato soup! tofu ricotta! tvp bacon bits! a zine by Lee leedoesstuff.com

available to patreon members

Before tabling the Portland Zine Symposium in November, I made a mini-zine as a business card to give away. It’s 8 pages (including covers) and measures 1.375 x 2.125 inches. I’ve since updated it for 2026 and added a teeny tiny crossword puzzle inside!

cover of mini-zine "LEE DOES STUFF: ZINES! puzzles! knitting patterns! patreon!" with illustrations of dvds, yarn, and Lee with rays coming out of her face/head

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Also in November, I turned one of my favorite old patterns (originally released in 2012) into a zine: Either/Or!

either/or zine version cover

available to patreon knit-tier members
included when you buy the pattern on payhip or on ravelry

For December, I made an interactive zine for 2026, meant to fill in with highlights of your days throughout the whole year:

zine cover with hand-drawn words: EVERY DAY IS ALL THERE IS MY 2026 HIGHLIGHTS with clipart of a frog, a cup of paintbrushes and pens, and some flower border tiles

available to patreon members

In January 2026 I made my 2025 movies zine, which has two big crossword puzzles and other stuff:

cover of zine with lots of dot-photos of characters from movies, title "it's just like that sometimes" the movies of 2025, a zine by Lee leedoesstuff.com, and text to the side that says "movie trivia crosswords!"

available to patreon members

Also in January I made a birthday month zine to give to patreon members (and friends) for their birthday months. Inside is an assortment of fun things which will be discovered by the recipients:

hand holding zine that says "Do Stuff! It's your birthday month, 2026!" with drawings of emojis and orange cloud-shaped sticker that says "February"

mailed to mail-tier patreon members for their bday months

For February I made a one-pan farro recipe zine with nine recipes:

cover of 1-Pan Farro (any which way) zine with drawings of lots of ingredients and text at the bottom: a very flexible plant-based recipe zine by Lee

available to patreon members