[Noisebridge-discuss] yarn bombs

Lee Sonko lee at lee.org
Sun Mar 13 03:40:01 UTC 2011


I am now an instant fan of yarn bombs! Wee!

Lee

On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Jack Perkins <jackaperkins at gmail.com>wrote:

>
> http://weblog.sinteur.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/04/78841720_446f858b71.jpg
> derp
>
> On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 9:18 AM, Rameen <emprameen at gmail.com> wrote:
> > There are a large number of these in The South Berkeley/North Oakland
> > Temescal area. On Martin Luther King Jr. Way there are 10 foot metal
> letters
> > on the border that say "HERE" and "THERE," respectively, which have been
> > bombed. There's a cafe across the street whose trees and signposts are
> > gussied up, and all around the area random verticals and trees have been
> > forcefully cozied by these terrifying yarn bombs. I've even seen humans
> get
> > bombed. (Gruesome)  Better rig the elections, change the constitution,
> and
> > create a new branch of police to take care of this code orange! (and
> yellow
> > and blue and little diamond shapes, and this one has cute little
> zigzags...)
> >
> > On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 12:51 AM, L E <lexein-esc at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Two pics of a pole cozy in Berkeley.
> >> http://bayimg.com/DaEgEaaDg
> >> http://bayimg.com/dAEGGAadG
> >>
> >> 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
> >>
> >> Kids these days, always up to some kind of Knitchief!
> >>
> >> On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 7:52 PM, Erik Nelson <erik.nels0n99 at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> 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:
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> > 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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