[Noisebridge-discuss] yarn bombs

[Rameen]

Hopefully soaked sweatered trees don't rot..

On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 7:40 PM, Lee Sonko <lee at lee.org> wrote:

> 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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