International Yarn Bombing Day - June 11th!

I was checking out the website hosted by the authors of Yarn Bombing: The Art of Crochet and Knit Graffiti and was pleased as pickle slices in the middle of a triple decker sandwich to see a picture of a treecozy that I nearly froze my fingers off putting up in the dead of night.

There is also a link to a site called Tricksy Knitting that has more pics of that one and then some of another treecozy I put up this winter - a nice hefty tag. I don't even have pics of the second one, so I'm extra glad to see it there.

I'm copying and adding the pic here - the tag is on a tree by the courthouse. Photo is by  Ticksy's Chris Goble.

Leanne and Mandy are also letting everyone know about the 1st International Yarn Bombing Day on June 11th.  Sounds like a good day for some yarny mischief.  I will be in Greece that day, and will make an effort to wrap a cozy around something there. 

Here are a couple of international yarnbombers whose websites I watch:

STICKONTAKT

hipstrick

If you do something for June 11th, let me know!

I like looking too much

Seems I spend more time looking at other people's great crafts/creations than making my own.  I know this is a common form of procrastination.  And in the click-click-click of following inspiration on the web, I often lose what I was looking for in the first place. 

Then I came across this picture

and followed it to the blogger who posted it on the inspiration for craft site.  Her idea of using posts to contain what she finds inspiring is...well, inspiring.

I'll learn the technology through trial and error, and enjoy creating a repository for myself of bits to try some day.

The bird on the hat is needle-felted.

Another fun thing to make for the nieces:

Some yarnbombs...tree hugger

I saw these in Tofino, BC


I've created page tabs at the top of the blog, for collecting the flotsam that seems particularly jetsam to me.

Now to make something of my own....

Not bombs, but yarn love

I have a great little car that has lasted me for years without ever costing much.  However, it has sprung a leak.  Living on the Pacific Coast, this means I sometimes have to bail out my car in the morning after a night of heavy rain.  It can rain for weeks on end here.

So I have started tarping my car when I park it at the end of the day.
 I was having a hard time finding something to hold down the tarp, but have solved that issue with Rock Cozies!

Project Complete!

I mentioned a while back that I was working on a DIY project for creative yarn storage.  I've finally got it all up on the wall and am celebrating by stuffing yarn into all the cubbies.

Look carefully at the bulletin board -you'll see my new storage style for my crochet hooks as well, inspired by noticing that my daughter had hung my No. 5 hook on a pin after it had fallen to the floor from my desk.  I think it's a great way to keep them visible, and thus on my mind. 

It's been raining and raining here, which is not my favourite kind of yarnbombing weather.  Though the acrylic yarn keeps its bright colours even when wet, things do look a bit like the saggy baggy elephant's bum after 3 weeks in the rain.

I'm waiting for spring to begin cozying up to the town again, and for now am storing my motifs and buntings and bits and pieces in various baskets around the house.

Surely sunny days lie ahead, and I'm oh so ready for them...

Snow cozies

Not too long ago we had a nice big dump of snow here in Cumberland.  Living on the West Coast means we don't see that many days of snow, but when we do it's often (what we consider) a lot.

This is our first winter in this cozy little house and our woodstove has been full of flames the last few weeks to keep us all warm, and the recent days of sunshine sure help.

The above tag was made by my mom in the summer when she visited, and the one below is something I tried a while back.  I love being able to just make as much as I want of a project and then stick it in my bag and look for a spot that's the right size.

If you ever come to visit my house, just turn left at the star.

A night out with the kids

My 14 yr old daughter and her friends decided the best way to spend a Friday night was yarnbombing the town, singing as they went.  They made up the song and sang versions of the verses as we went along - creative bunch!  This was a great way to get the cozies out there....I've been making them but not getting them out for about a month now.  It's been raining almost every day, and today was sunny and relatively dry, so we took advantage of it, though it did get dark fast. 

If the video below doesn't work well, click on it and it will open in youtube which seems to work better.

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The story of a blanket

Because we all need to know where our blankets come from.  Well, the wool ones anyway.