Thursday, March 18, 2010

Springtime shenanigans

Spring is in the air, and I felt that it was time for another yarn bombing event. I wanted to decorate something downtown with a bit of spring color. My first yarn bombing was during the last holiday season, and it lasted for about 3 weeks. I was happy with that. Here I am in my best nighttime ninja outfit doing the install. The Other Half took photos and drove the getaway car. He thinks that in this photo I look like someone "fresh off the saucer".

Here it is the next morning, looking very colorful. The Other Half says the pom-pom on top makes it look very proud. The location is this dirt patch that is right at the entrance to the downtown zone. I'm glad I got the photographic evidence because unfortunately, it was gone by the end of the day. :(( I've gotten over it -- and I have a different destination for another try. This second site won't have quite as much foot traffic. This was a crocheted piece, which goes very quickly with double stranded worsted weight yarn.

7 comments:

crochetgurl said...

Heheh. If I didn't know you're from California, I would have thought you were the midnight yarn bomber in the news recently. :-P

Anonymous said...

Love it! The colors, the pom-pom, the crochet, the idea, everything!

Mr Puffy's Knitting Blog: said...

It looked adorable! Such an improvement and added a fun festive Spring flare :) Perhaps you will find it has merely been relocated ~ wouldn't that be fun. It could appear at various places about town!

Love the bomber outfit ;)

knitseashore said...

How fun! I can't imagine why someone removed it, or what they did with it! Isn't it better to leave it, or did they move it to another post somewhere else to be part of the game?

robin said...

How funny!

To answer your question on Cerisara, the sleeves are picked up around the armhole and knit down. The pattern says "Sleeves are worked by picking up sts around armhole, then
attaching to cast-on area of underarm as you knit in rows." Not totally sure what that means about the attaching to the cast-on area part but I guess I'll find out.

Anonymous said...

Love your yarn-bombing! Also your shoes!

Chloe

betty said...

Thanks! The shoes are Merrells Encore MJ, I believe. Most excellent for walking as well as yarn bombing!