Eye - 04 December 2015
From pink blankets to crumbs
Becoming blankets
Countless balls of pink wool and the industrious clicking of knitting needles may ring a bell for many Friends around the country who were among those who created a seven-mile long peace scarf for the Wool Against Weapons protest last year.
Over 5,000 people from around the world contributed to the finished scarf, which was unfurled between the Atomic Weapons Establishment sites of Aldermaston and Burghfield in Berkshire on the anniversary of the bombing of Nagasaki on 9 August 2014. A portion went on to be used on 24 January this year in the Wrap Up Trident protest, where it encircled the Ministry of Defence.
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