go to jail and knit
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knittingNo, not "knit and go to jail". I have a bunch of complicated feelings about craft, fashion, and incarceration, which this basically runs smack into the intersection of; perhaps y'all will also find it interesting. To quote the BBC:
Mostly it's a video presentation in English:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-22574008
(One of the "you may also enjoy..." links at the end of the video is about yarnbombing in Ireland, which I also found interesting, and much more fun.)
Inmates at a Brazil jail have taken to knitting in an enterprise with a local fashion designer.
Prisoners are taught the art of knitting and crocheting, providing them with valuable new skills which they can use in the outside world.
Mostly it's a video presentation in English:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-22574008
(One of the "you may also enjoy..." links at the end of the video is about yarnbombing in Ireland, which I also found interesting, and much more fun.)