Olympics

Of Olympic Proportions

March 22, 2012

Can I say how much I adore the mystery Saltburn by the Sea knitter? This intriguing yarn-bomb replicates a multitude of Olympic sports, cast in a 50ft-long piece in knitting. Whoever you are mystery crafter, I grant you the keys-to-the-City-of-Yarn-Bombing for March. You are amazing! Mary Bennett was kind enough to send me these images [...]

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Rapid City Presidents

March 3, 2010

Article from the Rapid City Journal. This image is for sale on their website. Becka, of the Textile Center in Minneapolis, MN (which will be doing some yarn bombing of its own this month) sent me an article about a mother and daughter team yarn bombing presidential statues in Rapid City: Earlier this month, colorful [...]

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The Lady Bomb

February 5, 2010

The Olympics comes to Vancouver. Our city is awash in corporate advertising, tourists, scary black vehicles, athletes…and yarn! Oriana sends in some images of her installation ‘Old Lady Bomb’: She says, “My first tag was the old lady statue just outside Stanley Park, at Denman and Cordova. Sorry for the horrendous quality of the photos [...]

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