An interesting couple of yarn bombs have caught my attention in the last week.
First, I received this picture from Deform. It is a spiderweb that they made in Dubai a year ago:
Image courtesy of Deform Industries
Then I saw this article (sad title, interesting work): Yarn Bombing that Doesn’t Suck on Vandablog: http://blog.vandalog.com/2011/10/yarn-bombing-that-doesnt-suck/.
Which reminded me a bit of the Hot Tea group (examples here) who do more yarn wrapping that stitching.
Which leads me to wonder – are yarn bombers giving up the stitch? Debate among yourselves.
(ps – if you are in the Vancouver area, I’m speaking at the Vancouver Public Library tonight about yarn bombing and subversive embroideries. It is a free event, so come out! I’m also leading a stitching craft so there will be a chance to prick your fingers and/or make something beautiful. Details of this and other local events on my writing site.)
I don’t think bombers are giving up the stitch. If anything, the art form seems to be evolving, allowing artists with unique yarn visions to come out the woodwork and express themselves with this old medium in a new way. It only requires having yarn and an idea, as opposed to being endowed with the knowledge of yarn crafts stitch-work.
I love it!
wow. that string art is very cool.
no knitting required, and super mathy and cool. nice to see something fresh in the textile street art scene. : D
I don’t think yarnbombers will ever give up knitting and crochet. My take on the situation is that people who aren’t knitters are getting into the yarnbombing phenomenon. If anything, it’s expanding to include more kinds of crafters, and that’s my idea of awesome!
Me? I want to bomb the world with bobbin lace. That leaves me out of the standard yarnbombing world, but I think bobbin lace makes a fine yarnbomb.
More techniques = more awesome bombs!
Knitting is great. Crochet is great. These string art bombs are great. Let’s include everyone.
I agree with Spencer, it’s evolving and I love it
this is interesting, but i don’t know, for an impatient person like me, it would be easier to crochet a big swatch to sew onto something than to wrap yarn