wool | YARN BOMBING

“Yarn bombing, yarnbombing, yarn storming, guerrilla knitting, kniffiti, urban knitting or graffiti knitting is a type of graffiti or street art that employs colourful displays of knitted or crocheted yarn or fibre rather than paint or chalk.” Definition from Wikipedia

Yarn bombing is referred to by some as a RAK random act of kindness.

Part of the fun of yarn bombing is the feel good factor. Spotting a newly yarn bombed street crossing on your way to work in the morning or finding a previously bare tree, down main street, festooned with pompoms. The suddenness with which yarn bombs appear and often disappear is surprising and often magical. Part of the fun of yarn bombing is its gorilla nature. Trying to guess who might have knitted a yarn bomb and where they came from? Were they put there by yarn fairies with crochet hooks or maybe old ladies wearing woolen shawls and knitted balaclavas? Enjoy the magic!

photography by ilianthe kalloniatis

I KNITTED SOME LITTLE NOTEBOOK COVERS & THEN I FOUND THE LARGE NOTEBOOK IN A GIFT STORE & THE KNITTED DESIGN IS PRINTED ON THE COVER.I TEND TO MAKE UP MY KNITTING PATTERNS AS I GO ALONG & IT’S ALWAYS GOOD TO WRITE DOWN THE PATTERN FOR FUTURE USE. THESE BOOKS ARE GREAT FOR NOTING DOWN MY KNITTING & CROCHET PATTERNS & I EVEN STORE A SPARE SEWING NEEDLE STUCK IN THE FRONT COVER.THESE YARN COVERED BANGLES ARE A FUN & FASHION FORWARD CRAFT PROJECT & THEY ARE EASY & CHEAP TO MAKEI USED WOODEN BANGLES TO MAKE THESE, BUT ANY OLD PLASTIC OR METAL BANGLE OR BRACELET COULD BE USED. ALL I DID WAS WIND MULTI COLOURED YARN & WOOL AROUND THE BANGLES UNTIL THEY WERE COVERED & THEN I TIED THE WOOL OFF AT THE END BUT YOU COULD USE A DAB OF GLUE.IF YOU ARE WANTING TO GET STRIPES ITS EASY. JUST BUY A MULTI COLOURED BALL OF YARN ( I BOUGHT SOME FROM KMART FOR TWO DOLLARS A BALL ) IF YOU WIND THE WOOL EVENLY AROUND THE BANGLE IT WILL FORM STRIPES ALL ON ITS OWN.