Mar 7, 2012

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 

4 comments:

  1. I love yarn bombing! There is a girl in my city that does it on light posts, places to lock your bikes up, and various other things.

    I love the way the bike looks!

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    1. Nice! That sounds fun! I actually found a pattern for a yarn bombed bike lock and was thinking of making it for an abandoned lock at the back of my building :P http://torontoknitcafe.wordpress.com/2011/06/22/i-heart-my-bike/

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  2. The Olympic themed yarn bomb on the pier is not in London but in the small town of Saltburn By The Sea in the North East of England. It appeared over night last weekend and has brought swarms of visitors to the town. It really is a fantastic piece of yarn bombing? See the Facebook page "Planet Saltburn" for lots more pics.

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    1. Thanks for the correction, I updated the post and am checking out your page now:)

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