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Knitting for peace at Wanås, Sweden
Wanås uses its clout as a world-renowned sculpture park to give local culture and community a voice. In 2018, this included facilitating an exchange between two women’s knitting groups. A local group Knit for Peace meets regularly to knit scarves for public statues with labels offering them to passers-by. The group approached Wanås about an opportunity to collaborate with a similar collective called Yarn Against Domestic Violence in Spain. Delighted to help, Wanås brought some of the Spanish group to Sweden and hosted a mini-conference. Twenty Spanish women came to knit alongside the Swedish group and exchanged ideas and seminars about gender-based violence.