Photo courtesy of Jeff Newfeld.
It has been a while since I’ve posted an interview on yarnbombing.com, and I’m glad that this is such a good one. Based in Sammamish, Washington; Suzanne and Beth go by the moniker ’2fibrefriends’. As moms who ‘long for something more’, they are covering their local area haunts in fibre and Dr. Seuss-like whimsy.
I asked them the usual questions, and they came up with some great, unusual responses:
Tell me about yourself
We are/have been inspired by other yarn bombers … we both took the University of Washington’s Certificate of Fiber Arts program for the 2009/10 year … our first class found us at the UW book store and the book that jumped off the shelves was “Yarn Bombing—The Art of Crochet and Knit Graffiti” (you may be familiar with this book) … we started small but one thing led to another … and before we knew it, we were covering 20 foot stumps in our fair city with 68,000 yards of yarn or 38.6 miles.
A Fibre Bombing of the Famous Fremont Troll in Seattle. Photo by Beth Newfeld.
Do you knit or crochet? Are you sneaky when you tag?
We both knit and crochet. We like to use reclaimed yarn—we are frequent shoppers at Value Village and we don’t hesitate to unravel an afghan for our purposes. We like to tag trees, light posts, chairs at Starbucks, etc. Sometimes we work big and sometimes we work small and discreet.
We tend to tag in broad daylight and we did seek permission from our city for the tree sock installations.
Our families do know about our proclivity to yarn bomb and we quite often make them culpable … they’ve knit panels together, crocheted flower centers, installed with us.
Have we ever been caught? We asked permission from the city for our large tree sock installations but, for other projects, no we have not been caught.
Photo courtesy of Jeff Newfeld
Any words of wisdom for Yarn-Bombing readers?
Why not? We often get asked “why” … so “why not”? If something we do brings a little magic or whimsy to someone’s day, hurrah.
Thanks Beth and Suzanne for taking the time to answer my questions! I look forward to seeking out your work next time I visit Seattle!
To see Beth and Suzanne in action, check out their photo sets on Flickr.
