Knowledge Is Power

What is Learned is Earned
A photo of ladies cross stitching together supported by the Carakana Program. We train women in groups of 10-15 members. Each group has its own day of training. For people living with disability we meet them at a local community hall, women in prisons we go to the prison and people recovering from substance abuse we go to the rehabilitation centres. Once members are trained, we give them practise pieces.
Carakana supports marginalized women using the art of cross stitching. Women in prisons, people living with disabilities and those recovering from substance abuse generate an income by converting needle and a thread into a beautiful pattern. Cross-stitch is a form of sewing and a popular form of counted-thread embroidery in which a stitch is made by crossing two threads in the form of an X. The stitches are of uniform size and appearance.Traditionally, cross-stitch was used to embellish items like household linens, tablecloths and dishcloths. In modern days, the patterns are stitched on pieces of fabric and hanged on walls for decoration framed or unframed.