Eye on the Street
Decatur Metro | February 17, 2012
Parkwood Lane, Decatur GA (pic submitted by Chris)
Parkwood Lane, Decatur GA (pic submitted by Chris)
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Is this Decatur’s first knit bomb? Love it !
There was a big one at Agnes Scott a few years ago. It was awesome!
Does the new tree ordinance have any sort of apparel component? What if the neighbors would prefer a different outfit?
No jurisdiction: if the sign across the street is accurately placed, this tree is just outside city limits. So, neighbors are SOL.
Trees get cold too? Who knew?
Has Portlandia spoofed this trend yet?
This is a trend? I’ve never heard of or seen this before. If my wife sees this, I’ll definitely lose the dog-coat battle.
You mean you haven’t heard of yarn bombing? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yarn_bombing
No, but I looked it up right after I posted and then went and asked a couple of the craftier women in my office. One knew all about it, even has a book, and the other was as clueless as me.
BTW, love these new edit/delete options!
Dumb, clueless craft questions:
1) To make a tree cozy, does one knit around the tree? Use circular needles? Or knit panels off the tree which are then sewn together on the tree?
2) To remove, does one simply unravel?
As I understand it, one knits off-site, then sews up the seam with yarn on-site.
Yarn Bombing!!!
Must…resist…urge…to…aerobicize…
As a Mitter (male knitter) my wife Pam and I are planning a yarn bomb for the new Bicycle racks around the city. First thing we are gonna do is “get permission”.
Two other smaller trees in the front yard of this home have also been yarn bombed.
The mailbox got deluxe treatment, too. The whole thing is far more splendid in person. At the risk of making a traffic jam on Park Lane, it’s worth a look-see.
omg – I now know what to do to with the hubby’s red neck fix-it patch to our mail box – yarn bomb it (anyone want to help?)
I’m thinking that yarn bombing may be a good alternative to pressure washing the mold off our siding and roof. Some workmen recently insulted our roof. Roof cleaning? Really? Gutters yes, siding sometimes, steps yes, but the roof?
There’s yarn bombing at the Waldorf School of Atlanta as well. Check out the blog post about it here: http://www.waldorfatlanta.org/blog-gen/?p=523
From the post, you can follow a link to a NYT article about yarn bombing.
I am jealous on behalf of our statues when I see what a friend who moved away is doing:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/existentialexits/5131916079/in/set-72157623654830675/
Alas, I do not knit…
…..do you sew? Or crochet? Or quilt? Or even do iron-on patches? I’m thinking that this new craze would lend itself to many other crafts as well as knitting. Maybe we could start something here in Decatur! What about beading? We’ve got one million of those lying around drawers and cupboards left over from that developmental stage of child crafts. Or lanyarding? Or Boy Scout knots? Weaving—use all those potholders made from kids weaving kits. Needlepoint! There could be a festival……..
Not to rain on my own parade but…..is there any danger to trees or inanimate objects from being covered with yarn? And when are the yarn bombings removed and how? Slashing with scissors seems inconsistent with the spirit. Ceremonial unravelling?
I think my friend’s “bombs” are, ahem, easily removed. I do bead. And I do sometimes make necklaces for objects, but not public objects because I think they would too easily become litter if someone tried to break them away.
You have reminded me of another public art project that I would love to see come to Decatur. There are statues in Fremont (Seattle) that get dressed routinely. The statue of Lenin apparently got a fitted red dress for the Hash’s Red Dress Run (can’t find pictures though), but it is the dressing of “Waiting for the Interurban” that could be adapted to our sculpture — esp Stephen, Tom or Valentines. Here are the rules and a pic
http://www.fremont.com/interurban.html
for more photos:
http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=waiting%20for%20the%20interurban
Wonder what Cheryl and co. at the City would think? It would be better if it was embraced by the city so that it was not un-decorated as soon as it was decorated.
Ha! That’s perhaps the greatest thing ever.
Again DM brings joy into my life. Despite negative news about the economy, politics, and terrorist threat, there’s something delightfully original, playful, colorful, and hopeful about a world that invents tree cozies, yarn bombing, landscape knitting.
Mi gente!