Learn some history of activist knitting (and a little crochet). Artist and former election lawyer Eve Jacobs-Carnahan will introduce you to artists who inspired her to create the Knit Democracy Together project. She will illustrate how this domestic handcraft moved into the public sphere to address large societal issues. Eve will inspire you with work by Janet Morton, who knit the news in a Toronto store window for one month, and Cat Mazza, who organized crafters to create a 15-foot long knitted and crocheted petition to Nike protesting sweatshop labor conditions. She'll put the pink pussy hats of the Women's March in context.

Moretown Memorial Library, Sunday, April 16, 2-4:30 p.m. Free. More info and registration at https://knitdemocracy.org/madriver/

This presentation is part of a series sponsored by the Mad River Valley Libraries.

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