Thousand Hand-Knitted Blankets from Across the Nation Installed as Large Canopy at Dodamddeul Plaza

One thousand hand-knitted blankets sent from across the nation have been combined to form a large canopy.

Gyeonggi Province installed a 15m-by-15m hand-knitted canopy on the 19th at Dodamddeul Plaza in front of the Gyeonggi Provincial Government Office, created through the "Let Me Lend You Some Shade" project.

The project was completed when one thousand hand-knitted blankets from citizens nationwide, sent to celebrate the first anniversary of the opening of Gyeonggi Library, formed a single large canopy. It will operate as an outdoor reading zone through the 25th.

Gyeonggi Library conducted knitting workshops with 871 balls of yarn donated from July to August, and one thousand hand-knitted blankets made by knitting communities and citizens from across the nation were collected at Gyeonggi Library in October.

The "Let Me Lend You Some Shade" project is Gyeonggi Library's reinterpretation of a hand-knitted shade canopy project carried out in Spain to address the climate crisis.

The project involved a total of 488 participants from across the nation, including eleven libraries in cities and counties within the province, twenty organizations, citizen clubs, and individual participants. The yarn used in making the blankets was donated by Nakyang Mosa, a collaborating company, and citizens.

Yoon Myung-hee, director of Gyeonggi Library, said, "The one thousand pieces of shade are a record of hearts lent to one another by each provincial resident and a record of climate action. I hope this becomes an example showing that climate action is not a grand undertaking, but something everyone can participate in through activities they enjoy."