NIKE BLANKET PETITION

From 2003-2008, a detached group of international knit and crochet hobbyists participated in the microRevolt project the Nike Blanket Petition. Each 4 x 4 inch stitched square that makes up the Nike logo acts as a signature for fair labor policies for Nike garment workers. Over the five year period, virtual and hand made squares were collected on tour, electronically and by postmail, representing a total of 40 countries.

The accumulated multi-colored squares were knitted into the border of the Nike Blanket at Garanti Gallery in Istanbul Turkey in November 2007, and the blanket was completed in 2008. In 2009 the project is exhibiting at the Textile Museum of Canada (February 11 - September 7) in Toronto and the Art Gallery of Calgary (September 25, 2009 – Saturday, January 23, 2010) as part of the exhibition She Will Always Be Younger Than Us, concurrent with Judy Chicago in Thread. The project is scheduled to travel to a venue in Portland, Oregon near Nike headquarters in January 2010.

The original petition text along with the overflow of electronic signatures are here.