Check Mark for International Yarn Bombing Day

Here is the first of my yarn bombings today/tonight.  Sort of a  pre-international yarn bombing day, graffiti tag, Calgary, Canada.

This  check mark is on a chain link fence around Brentwood Elementary School.    I thought the  school kids could use another check mark for their end of year exams.

A woolly check mark for the school yard.

I tied it onto the fence as  quickly as  I could.   Northmount Drive was busy, and lots of cars  drove by.  One slowed down so the passenger could  shout out a cheer.  ( I think it was a cheer,  I hope it was a cheer…  if not,, oh well)     With luck this bit will last a  while and the kids will find it amusing.

I have  a couple more pieces to install tomorrow.

Knit in Public Day June 11, 2011 video

This is a cute video reminder about Knit in Public Day, (next weekend!)

I’ll be  at  Olympic Plaza in Calgary, with my  sticks and string.  ;    and now,   will be watching out for   knitted dinosaurs and donuts.    Hopefully,  I can finish a few  projects (socks and socks and a vest) in the  sunshine.    If its raining,  we will be inside the Epcor Centre, so it’s all good.

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Calgary Olympic Plaza, yarn bombed.

By the time I left there were more than half a dozen knitters/crocheters involved… and I left before the end of the event… who knows, there could have been a MOB of Knit Bombers by 4 pm … I will have to find out the specific details…

Yarn Bomb in Calgary

I just had to share this site! (and I am quickly heading out the door to go see them in person)

Congrats to the Calgary ArtBomber, the yarnbomb caps look great.

We have been waiting for the snow to stop so the caps could be put out… but, really, they are warm little hats, I think they would have been fine with the snow.. LOL… of course, this is Calgary, so it might still snow again. uggg.

Calgary Traffic Barrier Yarn Bomb

I made a few of those caps, and it is so cool to see the variety of the submissions. So much creativity! I wonder what kind of reactions they are getting on the street.

… here’s a pic to get you excited:

“Flowers are How Plants Laugh” – Yoni Wolf

and we were laughing as we wrapped this little vine around the rusty old iron fence in front of the church.

Yarn Bombed flower vine

There has been snow off and on all weekend, so we thought a bit of spring knitting was in order. We warmed up with a Tim Hortons coffee after wrapped the vine on the railing.

Knit Graffiti Flower

Too cold to bloom?