Do yarn bombers stop knitting and crocheting when the weather gets hot? We don’t think so. The summer months do, however, make one a tardy blogger. Here’s a bunch of things that I should have posted a long time ago:
Mustashe amazingness by Sara Mcguyer:
And, I’ve been getting emails from a new yarn bombing crew Ol’ Stitch Face from Glenville who has been stitching up storm:
Plus, there has been some mad international yarn bombing action over June and July:
“when a defiant work of art is so warm, fuzzy and benevolent you can snuggle with it, the idea of castigating the perpetrator responsible seems like an affront to creativity.” There is a great illustration of a yarn bomber accompanying this article at the Daily Californian.
Those unstoppable Berkley knitters are at it again: http://www.berkeleyside.com/2010/07/08/more-adventures-in-knitting-yarn-bombing-berkeley. Check out http://streetcolor.wordpress.com/.
A yarn bomb in South Africa at the Mandela compound.
A Burlington woman has created some yarn bombing to promote suicide awareness in remembrance of a loved one. http://7d.blogs.com/blurt/2010/06/knit-bombing-in-burlington-promotes-suicide-awareness.html
Don’t know what to do with the yarn bomb that you’ve been working on during your summer vacation? The yarn bombing project at the Textile Museum of Canada is still seeking submissions: http://fibreperson.blogspot.com/2010/07/august-classes-at-passionknit.html
From Chicago, a slideshow/video of teen girls discuss their opinions on knit graffiti: http://craftingcommunity.blogspot.com/2010/07/video-podcast.html
Templo de Santo Domingo yarn bomb (via KnitHacker): http://knithacker.com/2010/07/08/templo-de-santo-domingo-yarn-bomb/
Happy family reacts positively to yarn bombing in Philly: http://blog.philthy.us/?p=1531
Knitters ‘stirrup’ trouble in Virginia. Luckily, it all seems like good fun: http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/article.asp?article=342657&paper=59&cat=104
