新西兰工党议员Deborah Russell在议会质询时间编织羊毛背心的举动引发争议1。根据Stuff民调，在超过43000名受访者中，约半数认为此举不可接受1。Russell为自己的行为进行了辩护，表示编织能帮助她保持冷静专注，同时也是对议会辩论的不满信号1。
编织作为政治工具的历史远比人们想象的悠久。法国大革命期间，妇女在观看公开处决时编织1；第一次世界大战期间，比利时妇女通过编织记录德军的行动1。在新西兰议会历史上，Marilyn Waring是首位在议会地板上编织的妇女，她后来将这一行为描述为政治表达1。
近年来，编织在现代抗争运动中继续发挥作用。2017年华盛顿特区女性游行中，粉色"猫咪帽"成为标志性符号，数十万抗议者参与其中1。在澳大利亚，Common Grace组织邀请民众编织"气候围巾"，用彩色条纹展示过去百年全球平均温度的变化1。英格兰纽卡斯尔教区则编织了超过600个红绿相间的草莓造型，以此支持教会虐待幸存者1。
New Zealand Labour MP Deborah Russell sparked controversy by knitting a wool vest during parliamentary question time, with roughly half of over 43,000 respondents in a Stuff poll finding the action unacceptable 1. Russell defended the practice, explaining that knitting helped her maintain composure and focus while simultaneously serving as a signal of her disapproval toward parliamentary debate 1.
The practice of knitting as a form of political resistance has deep historical roots. During the French Revolution, women knitted while observing public executions, and in the First World War, Belgian women used knitting to covertly record German military movements 1. Marilyn Waring became the first woman to knit on the floor of parliament and later characterized the act as a political gesture 1. In more recent times, the 2017 Women's March on Washington elevated knitting to mainstream protest symbolism, with hundreds of thousands of participants wearing pink "pussy hats" 1. Contemporary activist campaigns have similarly embraced the craft: Australia's Common Grace organization invited people to knit "climate scarves" using colored stripes to visualize changes in global average temperatures over the past century 1, while a parish in Newcastle, England knitted over 600 red and green strawberry designs to support survivors of church abuse 1.
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