Craft for Climate

Aim: Knit the Stripes is a public art project connecting people through positive climate action.

We are raising money to display our Knit the Stripes exhibit in Bradford Cathedral (Summer 2025) and at Coram Children's Charity, London (2026)

Knit the Stripes is a community art project charting our changing climate.

Bradford (where we are based) has a world-renowned textile heritage and vibrant creative sector. We are celebrating both with our bold and engaging art display, highlighting climate change trends through a powerful visualisation of our climate’s warming.

Our project involves local crafters working in cohort to knit scarves displaying annual average temperature data and, when assembled, charting the history of Bradford’s changing climate from 1853 to 2023 – our very own climate stripes.

Launched in January 2024, we have created a 15 metre long public art exhibit and engaged over 200 members of our community in crafting and climate conversations. Our exhibit has been shown to over 2,000 people at local art events. For every person that is involved, it’s one more positive climate conversation and a reminder that every action matters.

We are raising funds to share our project with an even wider audience.  This will include:

- Costs associated with the display of our exhibit in Bradford Cathedral (July - August 2025) including facilitating a free public craft and climate chat event. 

- Creation of a 'Craft for Climate' pack to allow more inclusive engagement with the project for people who cannot make it to our events.

- Costs associated with the display of our exhibit at Coram in London (2026)

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Launched in 2024, Craft for Climate is engaging our community in positive climate conversations to support optimism and empower action.

We are a collaboration between Sustainability Sorted and The Little Craft House. Thanks also to Saltaire WI, Shipley Council, West Yorkshire Spinners, The Salt Foundation and The Men’s Shed for their support with the project.

Funds raised via this Crowdfunder platform will be held by the Saltaire Women's Institute (Registered Charity) and all expenditure on Craft for Climate projects will be approved by the charity's committee in accordance with their governance processes.

You can follow our progress on Instagram @knitthestripes

Funding method

Keep what you raise – this project will receive all pledges made by 13th August 2025 at 2:08pm