Knit A River

"Knit A River" is a project which we started in the summer of 2006 in conjunction with the charity WaterAid. The idea was to create a unique campaign tool which would create a spectacle and raise awareness of WaterAid and their work to promote the need for clean, safe water and sanitation for some of the world's poorest people.

We asked knitters to send us 15cm x 15cm blue squares to form a 'knitition' (knitted petition) and the result was overwhelming Almost 100,000 knitted blue squares have been received, from across the world, and, when sewn together the river is estimated to measure over 2000 ft long! We believe it's the largest global knitting project ever created. Our photos here include shots of individual squares, and those from some of the events where the river has been used to engage puclic attention.

Congratulations and thanks to everyone who contributed...and those who have made it to any of the events. You can still get involved with WaterAid - please visit their website to find out how: www.wateraid.org/international/get_invol ved/

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items are from between 14 Jul 2007 & 14 Oct 2007.