I could have decided to call it Poland, Malta, Paraguay, Ohio, Nicaragua, Mississippi, Burma, Oklahoma, El Salvador, Louisiana, Alabama, Afganistan, Georgia, Madagascar, Kentuky or Dominican Republic … and the list is not not exhaustive unfortunately!
 I could have called it Qasim Amin, Gertrud Adelborg, Rachel Foster Avery, Carrie Chapman Catt, Louise Michel, Phule Jyotirao, Shirin Ebadi, Simone Veil or Denis Mukwege … and the list is fortunately not exhaustive!
“The Choice” had my preference. In this dark time, when some humans arrogate to themselves the privilege of ruling on the right of other humans to self-determination, this model is the result of intense anger, a deep disgust for narrowness spirit of many, and for their willingness to reduce this space of freedom so vital to all: our own body!
When I look at my daughter running on this beach, I want her to have the choice of her future, without having to put her life in danger according to her choices, without being reduced to the condition of victim or minor for life.
And when I look at his brother, I refuse that he is forced to be the executioner of his companion, his sister or his daughter undergoing liberticidal laws, but that he has a dignified life, in the respect of his deep humanity .
It may seem strange to put all this in a knit …. Some paint, others write, manifest, sing … in each stitch, I put a little anger, a little sadness, a little bit of pain, but above all, a lot of hope!
This shawl is for me a comfort, a bulwark to the aggressions of the world, a soft and peaceful answer to the violence …
So if it inspires you, the pattern to download for free, to share, to broadcast without moderation!