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MEET YOUR NEIGHBORS: Niri

“I would see a lot of fallen single gloves. I’d pick up them up, put them in a bag, take them home, and wash them at the laundromat. I did have standards though - I wouldn’t take anything super dirty. Some had some slight holes, but most were in pretty good shape. I tried to use good judgment too. I wouldn’t pick up anything off the sidewalk, especially if it looked like one that someone might come back for.

After washing them, I would take a photo, write the size, the brand, and any notable features, and post them on @theselonglostgloves, an Instagram account I made. If it was a really interesting glove I would take a video too, and put a lot of hashtags. The idea was, maybe if you lose your glove, you can find a suitable other. This might not be the exact same glove, but it could be a fine partner glove, you know? People will mismatch socks, why not gloves?

After one season, I had accumulated a lot of gloves, maybe 25?, and I was just storing them in my room, which was a little silly. One day, I guess I had time, so I set up outside of a farmer’s market. I put some string between two trees, took some clothespins, and hung up all the gloves.

Then I made a few signs like: “Free Single Gloves!” “Is Your Glove Single or Lonely?” It was right around Valentine’s Day. A few people came by and looked at it, and maybe two people took a glove, which felt kind of funny for me. One child thought he found his exact glove. I kind of doubt it, but he was really convinced.”