DATE KNITTING｜EXHIBITION | Creation Gallery G8

The city of Date in Fukushima Prefecture has long flourished as one of Japan’s foremost production centers of knitwear. For this special event, a large selection of original scarves and blankets has been created in collaboration with Dysun Co., Ltd., a knitwear manufacturer operating in Date for 45 years. A total of 177 creative artists took part, all on a voluntary, noncommercial basis. They span from young designers at the start of their career to well-established designers of renown. In addition, we also invited the participation of students at Date’s Yanagawa Elementary School. The school was completely destroyed in the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami disaster of 2011, but rebuilding was completed this past spring. Altogether the students came up with 422 designs. Six were selected by the judges, and they are on exhibit and sale together with the works by the 177 creative artists.