ABOUT SINGLE SOCK SOLUTION
Have you ever wondered how one sock so often goes missing in the washing? What do you do with a bag of single socks and other reject clothes to save them from going to landfill?
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SINGLE SOCK SOLUTION uses all those wasted socks and other excess clothing and materials to create beautiful artistic pieces such as wall hangings, rugs and T-shirts. We run inclusive workshops for people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds, where Aboriginal and other master weavers teach our communities to weave these sustainable materials into new pieces, raising money that goes straight back into these communities.
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Our workshops create awareness, connection, authentic inclusion and self-value and worth. Companies are invited to donate excess materials that would otherwise head to landfill, and members of the community will weave these into new pieces at our guided workshops, to then be sold in stores and raise money for community organisations.
Our vision is one of a multicultural union of Indigenous skills and culture with community members of all ages and abilities. The Single Sock Solution is a project about elevating the spirit of our community, about awakening and coming alive.
This is about getting to know one another. Face to face. Real authentic connections. We are collaboratively working on creative projects for the greater good of our community.
Uniting, empowering, employing, restoring dignity, proving self-worth and value. All with "throw away" socks.
THE STORY BEHIND SSS
ROMY WOLMAN, CREATOR OF THE SINGLE SOCK SOLUTION, SAYS:
"My 11yr old daughter has cerebral palsy. Born with no heartbeat, Milla was resuscitated back to life for 10 min. The prognosis was devastating- a child who was never meant to be able to walk or talk.
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Since her birth, my daily mission and my duty have been to discover ways I can alleviate some of the challenges of living with a disability in a frenetic and quite disconnected world, and how to foster a framework for real inclusion in our community.
Milla is so restricted on what she can do with her hands. She can't write, feed herself, brushes her teeth or hair – but she can weave! It got me thinking… If Milla can weave, most people can weave. The elderly can weave. In fact, Indigenous women of Australia are master weavers.
Weaving is therapy. It's cross-generational. It's cultural, and it's art. So when I witnessed what it meant to Milla when she could accomplish something independently and the validation it gave her, light bulbs lit up, and the "Single Sock Solution" was born."
WHY WEAVING?
Weaving is a therapeutic process that ignites an ancient traditional custom of Australia's Indigenous peoples. This weaving philosophy, deeply immersed in healing, will be taught to abled, disabled and disadvantaged members of our community by Aboriginal women and master weavers. It is in its essence a connection activity, a meditative and mindful practice, a practice that is creative, calming and inspiring with endless possibilities.