[Noisebridge-discuss] yarn bombs

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Two pics of a pole cozy in Berkeley.
http://bayimg.com/DaEgEaaDg
http://bayimg.com/dAEGGAadG


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>From: Corey McGuire <coreyfro at coreyfro.com>
>To: Erik Nelson <erik.nels0n99 at gmail.com>
>Cc: noisebridge-discuss <noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net>
>Sent: Fri, March 11, 2011 8:05:39 PM
>Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-discuss] yarn bombs
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>Kids these days, always up to some kind of Knitchief! 
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>On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 7:52 PM, Erik Nelson <erik.nels0n99 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>I'd heard of these before, but hadn't actually ever seen one. Aren't they 
>sometimes knitted in place, with haste, and by groups of people?
>>On Mar 11, 2011 10:15 PM, "Jared Dunne" <jareddunne at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Yes, I dig it also.  I guess some of the original yarn bombers were hitting
>>> all these trees around some town. The local authorities sorta freaked and
>>> some reason found it very subversive and 'terrorist'-y. I personally like
>>> the idea of trees with sweaters. Perhaps it's inhumane to force them to wear
>>> warm clothes during global warming? Bike racks seem like fair game though..
>>> heh
>>> 
>>> J-
>>> 
>>> On Mar 11, 2011 6:46 PM, "jim" <jim at systemateka.com> wrote:
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>>>    my pal said "hey, stop", looking down at a
>>> bycicle rack that was bolted to the sidewalk.
>>>    at the top of the rack was a little knitted
>>> scarflet. "that's a yarn bomb", she said.
>>>    there's this movement of people that are
>>> knitting things and sneaking up on doorways and
>>> fences and trees and wrapping their knitstuff
>>> around them and quick-binding the two ends.
>>>    yeah, even trees, some of the yarn bombs
>>> are really big.
>>> 
>>>    's news to me. tho't you'd like to know.
>>> 
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