Yarn bombing update: He's stylin'!

I did my little yarn bombing thing on Thursday night, Nov. 12, and I was pleased to notice today that not only is my statue still wearing his yarny goodness, but he's been re-styled! Someone else has styled him to look like a cool snow-boarding dude.

Yarn bombing

Lately, I've become mildly fascinated with the yarn bombing concept. I've even purchased this book, Yarn Bombing: The Art of Knit and Crochet Graffiti, which has photos of some great fiber art. The authors' website is www.yarnbombing.com I decided it was time for me to try a little yarn bombing myself, what with the holidays coming up and everything. So, I decided that this statue in our little town center clearly needed some holiday cheer.

I did this at night, and The Other Half helped with the photography and driving the getaway car. The next morning, I went back to take a daylight photo, and I was ever so pleased that no one had removed it. Doesn't he look nice with his cowl? (or is it called an infinity scarf?)

The Other Half has decided that my pseudonym should be "Yarnabomber". I'm not sure I like that name.

Throbulating

I bought a new knitting book today, and I love it! The book is Reversible Knitting by Lynne Barr, and it is chock full of really unique knitting stitches and some very cool patterns. Even if I don't knit the designs, they provide plenty of good ideas.

I'm throbulating over this dress pattern. This could look really fabulous, or really really bad. I could wear this with leggings, and I love leggings. The problem is, it would take a lot of knitting for me to find out if it's really good or bad. Plus, once leggings go out of style next season, I'm stuck with a too-short dress or a too-long top. I'm thinking of trying it anyway.

Yarn crawl

I just returned from a short vacation to the northern California wine country and San Francisco, and of course I had to check out some yarn shops. My first stop was at Knitterly in Petaluma. This shop has a really cute store front and a lot of unique yarns. I also like that vibe of lots-of-yarn-everywhere look.


I purchased some more Knit One Crochet Too 2nd Time cotton there.
Next up was Sonoma Yarn in Sonoma. This is a relatively small shop, located away from the main shopping area. The staff does include Frances Purl, the dog. I did not find any yarn to buy, but I did get some long straight Bryspun flexible size 3 needles, which are also known for their sharp points.

In Napa, I visited Yarns on First. This shop has a modern look with great lighting, and all the yarns are organized by color. The owner is friendly and the front of the shop has a table where friendly knitters were doing their thing. The wall shelves do go quite a ways up in height. I purchased some Berroco Lustra there.


My last yarn shop stop was at the ever-so-fun Imagiknit in San Francisco, where I purchased some Plymouth Fantasy Linen.

Geeks and knits

I don't know what this is, but it's sort of cute. It's something sited at Gen Con. I think it's crochet work.

Knit Mags

Between the U.S. postal service and the local Borders, I'm loaded up with new knitting magazines. I really like the Yarn Forward because I find it fun to read. I like the cover sweater, assuming I can ditch the ribbons. I usually don't buy the Knitscene magazines, but for some reason, I like a few patterns in this fall issue. I added the Flourish Vest (ravelry link) to my queue for starters. As for the Vogue Knitting, I like quite a few elements in quite a few sweaters, but there's something I don't like about each of them also. That's usually the way it is with Vogue Knitting, but the photos are always nice.

Sweaters for chickens

While on a mid-day break, I picked up a copy of Knitting magazine from the UK. I don't really want to knit anything from the magazine, although one of the freebie Rowan supplements had a nice pattern. I did, however, read this article about henschool.com and their sweaters for rescued chickens. YouTube has quite a few videos -- here's the main story:

Ravelry has the pattern in its library here.

Knitting is just everywhere

Clearly, knitting must be trendy. It's made it to the comics.