I loved seeing these fab women and their colourful chunky yarns on the BBC. Really cheered me up 🙂
We decided to find out more about the knitters involved. We asked Sicgmone Kludje and Vea Koranteng from Black Girl Knit Club to tell us more.
How did you end up in the BBC ident?
The BBC researchers and producers got in contact with us after seeing our online presence such as our social media accounts and website. At the time we were sharing content on how we were staying creative to induce wellness during the lockdown as well as organise online zoom sessions for our attendees. They then updated us about the Oneness ident project and its focus on showing people getting creative during UK lockdown and we were excited to get involved.
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Knitting Friends in the Park 
This is a really excellent example of the power of online work to unite communities in all sorts of ways. Do you remember the “tank blanket”? https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/marianne-jorgensen-tank-blanket
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I didn’t know about this particular example so thank you.
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