Knit for Sweden in the ”Spirit of Innovation”
Sweden will be present at world Expo 2010 in Shanghai, together with almost 200 other countries, in order to present our country to estimated 70 million Chinese visitors.
Your help is needed! Please contribute to the Swedish exhibition by bringing out your knitting yarn and your creativity to produce a pair of mittens.
To form a different finish to the pavilion experience, we plan to let hundreds of mittens wave goodbye to the visitors as they leave. This way, adding culture, business, research, politics and Swedish everyday life to the overall exhibition.
The theme of the Swedish pavilion is ”Spirit of Innovation” and tells the story of the small country Sweden and how it was able to give rise to so many large companies. Sweden is not only recognized for world leading inventions and technical innovations but also for our care taking system that involves all citizen, old as well as young – and what can better symbolize that relation but a warm soft hand in the shape of a mitten?
With inspiration from the traditional Swedish ”Lovikavante” and the colorful logo of the Swedish pavilion, we would like to engage knitting enthusiasts from all over the country. Send the mittens to Fei Fang, Springtime, Box 3295, 103 65 Stockholm by January 20th at the latest.
