I am now an instant fan of yarn bombs! Wee!<div><br></div><div>Lee<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Jack Perkins <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jackaperkins@gmail.com">jackaperkins@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><a href="http://weblog.sinteur.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/04/78841720_446f858b71.jpg" target="_blank">http://weblog.sinteur.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/04/78841720_446f858b71.jpg</a><br>
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On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 9:18 AM, Rameen <<a href="mailto:emprameen@gmail.com">emprameen@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> There are a large number of these in The South Berkeley/North Oakland<br>
> Temescal area. On Martin Luther King Jr. Way there are 10 foot metal letters<br>
> on the border that say "HERE" and "THERE," respectively, which have been<br>
> bombed. There's a cafe across the street whose trees and signposts are<br>
> gussied up, and all around the area random verticals and trees have been<br>
> forcefully cozied by these terrifying yarn bombs. I've even seen humans get<br>
> bombed. (Gruesome) Better rig the elections, change the constitution, and<br>
> create a new branch of police to take care of this code orange! (and yellow<br>
> and blue and little diamond shapes, and this one has cute little zigzags...)<br>
><br>
> On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 12:51 AM, L E <<a href="mailto:lexein-esc@yahoo.com">lexein-esc@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Two pics of a pole cozy in Berkeley.<br>
>> <a href="http://bayimg.com/DaEgEaaDg" target="_blank">http://bayimg.com/DaEgEaaDg</a><br>
>> <a href="http://bayimg.com/dAEGGAadG" target="_blank">http://bayimg.com/dAEGGAadG</a><br>
>><br>
>> From: Corey McGuire <<a href="mailto:coreyfro@coreyfro.com">coreyfro@coreyfro.com</a>><br>
>> To: Erik Nelson <<a href="mailto:erik.nels0n99@gmail.com">erik.nels0n99@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> Cc: noisebridge-discuss <<a href="mailto:noisebridge-discuss@lists.noisebridge.net">noisebridge-discuss@lists.noisebridge.net</a>><br>
>> Sent: Fri, March 11, 2011 8:05:39 PM<br>
>> Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-discuss] yarn bombs<br>
>><br>
>> Kids these days, always up to some kind of Knitchief!<br>
>><br>
>> On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 7:52 PM, Erik Nelson <<a href="mailto:erik.nels0n99@gmail.com">erik.nels0n99@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> I'd heard of these before, but hadn't actually ever seen one. Aren't they<br>
>>> sometimes knitted in place, with haste, and by groups of people?<br>
>>><br>
>>> On Mar 11, 2011 10:15 PM, "Jared Dunne" <<a href="mailto:jareddunne@gmail.com">jareddunne@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>> > Yes, I dig it also. I guess some of the original yarn bombers were<br>
>>> > hitting<br>
>>> > all these trees around some town. The local authorities sorta freaked<br>
>>> > and<br>
>>> > some reason found it very subversive and 'terrorist'-y. I personally<br>
>>> > like<br>
>>> > the idea of trees with sweaters. Perhaps it's inhumane to force them to<br>
>>> > wear<br>
>>> > warm clothes during global warming? Bike racks seem like fair game<br>
>>> > though..<br>
>>> > heh<br>
>>> ><br>
>>> > J-<br>
>>> ><br>
>>> > On Mar 11, 2011 6:46 PM, "jim" <<a href="mailto:jim@systemateka.com">jim@systemateka.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>> ><br>
>>> ><br>
>>> > my pal said "hey, stop", looking down at a<br>
>>> > bycicle rack that was bolted to the sidewalk.<br>
>>> > at the top of the rack was a little knitted<br>
>>> > scarflet. "that's a yarn bomb", she said.<br>
>>> > there's this movement of people that are<br>
>>> > knitting things and sneaking up on doorways and<br>
>>> > fences and trees and wrapping their knitstuff<br>
>>> > around them and quick-binding the two ends.<br>
>>> > yeah, even trees, some of the yarn bombs<br>
>>> > are really big.<br>
>>> ><br>
>>> > 's news to me. tho't you'd like to know.<br>
>>> ><br>
>>> ><br>
>>> ><br>
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