Jayna Zweiman, Welcome Blanket

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Jayna Zweiman wants to wrap the world in kindness and warmth. She founded Welcome Blanket in 2017 as an invitation to crafters to make handmade blankets for refugees who have just arrived in the United States. She pictured 2,000 miles of yarn and thread, as long a distance as the proposed wall along the southern border. Instead of a barrier keeping people apart, Jayna wondered, was there a way to bring them together? That question became the inspiration for Welcome Blanket, transforming the idea of a line of division into an invitation to create something welcoming and inclusive. Nearly a decade later, crafters have far exceeded the initial goal. With more than 8,000 blankets made and…