Yarn Bombing

A friend posted this amazing yarn bombing adventure on Twitter earlier and I thought I'd share. Overnight, an entire pier in London Salburn (Correction, Saltburn in the North of England --see the Facebook page here--thanks for the correction!)   was yarn bombed with tons of Olympic themed knits. Click here to see the entire slideshow -it's pretty amazing and appeared there overnight.

Often called yarn bombing or yarn storms, these kinds of installations can be small or large in scale, involve newly knitted or re-purposed pieces of knitting and can serve different purposes such as beautification, sending a message or just as art installations of knitters coming together.

I didn't get to see this one in person, but an artist in Cambridge, Ontario (which is about 20 minutes from here) got a group of knitters together to yarn bomb a local bridge--didn't it turn out amazingly? (and was even featured on the Knitty blog, which is where these photos are from)

I was also happy to discover/remember that a crafter out in Alberta, Canada started an International Day of yarn bombing last year, likely to coincide with the week of activities for World Wide Knit in Public Day which I think could be a fun thing to celebrate in some way this year.

I was also excited to find this lovely bike cozy made by another local artist, Janet Morton (read more here) , who has a studio in the same building where I used to have mine (she has a pretty sweet knitted Christmas tree hanging from the ceiling in her studio that  I love as well!)

So many adorable ways that people have be-cozied and  brought a little art and life to outside spaces- love it:) 

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Have you ever made or seen a yarn bombing installation in your home town or celebrated International Yarn Bombing Day?

♥ Craftzilla