Archive for June, 2011
Yarn Bombing is growing in popularity at our house, as an expression and an activity, referring to anything decorated with yarn. This time, S’s hair, beautified in the back of the car on the way to the strawberry patch. In addition to the braids, there is a finger-knit scarf tied around her head. Yes, S was “yarn bombed”.
E and I listened to an interview on CBC a while back, talking about this book - written and published in our own dear city:
Since then, she has kept a keen eye out for knit graffiti. I love this. One, that she notices it, and two, that she thinks it’s cool. Cause it is. I never seem to have my camera on me, but it’s out there! We keep thinking of things to bomb, but have yet to make anything too significant (other than S’s head decor, that is).
We have been meaning to make one of these for a while now. I finally got moving when W started pulling stuff out of the recycling bin to hit with chopsticks. It was super easy. We just screwed odds and ends onto one of AZ’s sawhorses.
E is trying to write some music. S and W are thinking-up rock star names for each other as I type…
Ahem… Rick Williams and Rebecca Waker (Whacker)
The best part is that we can keep adding-on, moving, adjusting. W has just gone into the woods with AZ to look for good drumsticks.
Let’s just hope we don’t annoy the neighbours! The top drum needs some sort of silencer. Or maybe we should put a plastic tub there instead?
S’s first knitting project. It started off as a scarf, but ended up as a wee jacket for her Shirley Doll (S’s idea).
We didn’t bind off properly. I found S finger-knitting in bed last night, with poor Shirley’s sweater unravelling from her little cloth body.
