Knit-in at the Ecology Center Family Fun Festival

In keeping with the theme of the Ecology Center family day, we brought along a selection of brightly colored yarn. Plus a knitting mannikin, knitting needle containers, and a donation box (for postage) all homemade from recycled cardboard.

At the end of the day, the whole knit-in (seating for five and all) got packed up neatly into a shopping cart - and hauled off via pedestrian power.

Hearing from other groups

in Cairo, Egypt

in Fukushima, Japan

in New York City, USA

in Washington, D.C., USA

in Newfoundland, Canada

in Syria

in Athens, Greece

in Wales, UK

Articles about the knit-in

Interview with Counter Craft (zine published in New Zealand) - discussion of the intersection between crafts and political protest

Berkeleyside article about Occupy Berkeley camp with photos of the knit-in

Article on the Occupy Berkeley web site

CBS San Francsico coverage - via Digg

More knit-in photos

photos on Flickr

interview / slideshow at www.blurb.com