New Hampshire
Knit Democracy Together
We’ve been building a collaborative knitted sculpture of the New Hampshire State House. Along the way, we deepened our knowledge of democracy!
If you missed the sessions held around New Hampshire in spring 2024, you can still learn and participate. Find some resources with podcasts and articles in the list on this page:
Participants at Knit Democracy Together circle in Laconia NH. Photo courtesy of New Hampshire Humanities.
Join us to assemble the sculpture!
Saturday, May 18
Assembly Workshop
The Elegant Ewe
75 S. Main St., Concord NH
We’re putting together the knitted State House at The Elegant Ewe yarn shop in Concord. We’ll hand sew the pieces together, attach deocrative windows and details, and glue the knitted and crocheted sections to the armature. Join us to help out! Tell us what time you can attend using the link below.
Eve Jacobs-Carnahan showing students how to use knitting spools at Belmont Middle School. Photo courtesy of New Hampshire Humanities.
Eve Jacobs-Carnahan explaining how New Hampshire narrowly escaped extremely gerrymandered Congressional districts, during knitting circle in Laconia NH. Photo courtesy of New Hampshire Humanities.
You can make a piece of the State House sculpture up to May 10:
You’ll need:
- worsted weight yarn (weight 4), light granite gray or cream, either solid or tweed
- size 8 knitting needles, or
- size I-9 to K-10 1/2 crochet hook
Exhibition of the Knitted State House
Thursday, June 13, 1-4 pm
Opening Reception
NH State Library, 20 Park St., Concord NH
See the completed sculpture along with an informative exhibit about the history of voting in the United States. Meet the artist and organizer of Knit Democracy Together. Talk with people who participated in making pieces of the sculpture.
Here’s where we held knitting circles this spring
sponsored by New Hampshire Humanities
Wednesday, February 14 – Dover
Thursday, March 7 – Monroe
Thursday, March 14 – Laconia
Wednesday, March 20 – Conway
Thursday, April 11 – Keene
Thursday, April 18 – Lancaster
Knit Democracy Together event at Belknap Mill in Laconia NH. Photo courtesy of New Hampshire Humanities.
Financial support provided by New Hampshire Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities
