Int. Yarn Bombing Day 2012

Great Scott, It’s a Knitted Picnic.

June 10, 2012
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Just when you think you’ve seen it all, someone goes and surprises you…. Grandmother’s Legacy in Victoria, BC (Canada) has gone and created a knitted picnic. And not just a picnic blanket – there are knitted bottles of booze, a candelabra, slices of watermelon, hamburgers with all the fixings, and wooly shish kebabs. Now this [...]

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Portugal

June 9, 2012
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Ana Paula Reis sent me these lovely tree pics from Portugal. She’s working on covering a 40m high industrial chimney next and promises me photos!

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Make a Million Monster Feet – free pattern!

June 9, 2012
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In celebration of International Yarn Bombing Day, we are giving away the Monster Foot pattern from our book Yarn Bombing: The Art of Crochet and Knit Graffiti. This whimsical project is the brainchild of Chelsea Gunn who knit these with a footed American mailbox in mind. In Canada, our mailboxes do not have feet, so [...]

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How Knitta is celebrating IYB Day

June 9, 2012
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Ever dreamt what it would be like to yarn bomb with Magda Sayeg – the world’s first knit graffiti artist? This contest may be your chance. Submit a photo to her and get to be part of her crew for a project. Rumor has it that it is going to be BIG MOVING OBJECT. Here [...]

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Cockadoodledoo!

June 9, 2012
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I can’t think of a more appropriate yarn bomb to post about while I drink my morning coffee. Hello wonderfully, wooly world! This is from the Yarn Ninjas in Springfield IL. Not too shabby for newbie yarn bombers! Give them some applause over on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Yarn-Ninjas/258383514269689

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