Yarn Bombing

Moving house…

April 19, 2013
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Leanne is now blogging about yarn bombing, embroidery, and other textiles over at leannneprain.com. Check out the site for details on her upcoming book Strange Material, and learn how to get involved as a contributor.

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Spidertag at work

November 16, 2012
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Photos from early November, taken in Valladolid, Spain.

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Calls to Action

October 27, 2012
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Did you see that we now have a Get Involved page? I’m placing calls from other yarn bombing groups who need knitters and crocheters to help them with their project. If you want to get involved, check it out, OR if you want to add something to the page, email me through the contact form [...]

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End of Summer Yarn Bombing Round-up

September 24, 2012
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Feeling chilly? It went from summer to winter overnight in Vancouver. Out come the sweaters and the long, lingering memories of summer: In Whistler, BC  a bike was covered with cloudscapes and mountains and trees. Very West Coast – Knitty Gritty! [More information on this project here] Strangely, Yarn Bombing was featured on the Today [...]

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Yarn Bomb Yukon

August 3, 2012
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I’ve been watching the Yarn Bomb Yukon project with great interest. Jessica, Vanessa, and Bree-Ann have dedicated themselves to a variety of public yarn bombing projects, most notably a DC-3 plane at the Yukon Transportation Museum. While they gear up for their big yarn bombing project on August 11th, they are also yarn bombing other [...]

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The West Flamingo Senior Center Yarnstormers

July 15, 2012
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Thanks to Diane Bush for sending me this image. This piece was made for international yarn bombing day by local seniors who attached circles to mesh to cover the Sunrise Hospital pedestrian bridge. Local Boy Scouts helped with the hanging of the mural, and the Girl Scouts helped set up refreshments for the Yarn Cutting [...]

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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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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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Giveaway! Leave me a comment, win free books!

June 9, 2012
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To celebrate International Yarn Bombing Day, our publisher Arsenal Pulp Press has kindly donated  two of their most popular books for a giveaway. Leave me a comment and be entered to win a random drawing for either the vegan classic How It All Vegan or the facial hair masterpiece One Thousand Beards. First winner will [...]

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This week in Yarn Bombing: Queen’s Jubilee

June 9, 2012
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Margaret Bennett has sent some photos for some more stellar knitting from Saltburn by the Sea. The level of detail is amazing! I can’t decide if my favourite is the man on the horse in regalia or Queen with her tiny corgis. Is this the same pier that the Olympic knitting resides on? Anyone out [...]

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