As someone who loves knitting, I have always been slightly intrigued by yarn bombing. I love the blast of textured colour that it gives to some unexpecting places. I revel in the humour that is often employed and frequently applaud the anonymous knitter’s audacity. Occasionally, I have mused about places that would benefit from a jumble of knitted yarn, but never acted on the thought.
With this in mind, it’s probably not surprising then that I couldn’t resist visiting Bath’s American Museum, this weekend, where they had a yarn bomb Easter trail.
The garden has not woken up from winter, yet. The splash of yarn certainly helped to add some much needed colour. I was very taken by the pompoms in the cherry trees. I’m trying to persuade my children that they would love to make these for our orchard trees.
Maybe some knitted chains draped between the trees.
Ignoring my less than subtle hints, the children happily raced around the garden, spotting the different knitted exhibits. It was perishingly cold, but they had fun filling out their forms, in order to claim their Easter egg at the end.
My favourite? Difficult, but I think I’d go for seasonal and simple.
So, have you ever been tempted to flex your creative muscles and yarn bomb something other than your own back garden? I promise not to tell.
Yarn bombing?! I’d never heard of such a thing but of course if it involves wonderful knits.. I’m in! What fun, other than the fact that it was so cold I think I would loved to play along with the kids. Would I have gotten an egg at the end? 🙂
blessings, Debbie
Not sure about the egg, but no harm in asking!! I’d have preferred a hot chocolate after the cold walk. Brr!
That’s amazing. I love the cakes and biscuits. Another lady and myself knitted nearly 70 of those little chicks! I wish I’d have thought of putting them round the garden or the local park for children to stumble upon!
70 chicks. What did you do with them all? Love your idea of leaving them for others to find. It would be fun to stumble on a few chicks. 😀
oh what fun!!
i especially love the mushrooms on the arms of the bench! now i want to run out and yarn bomb something too!!
I have the same urge!
I run a knitting group in a church hall so I gave some to the nursey attached to it, they were given to them on the last day of term before Easter and I’ve kept some to use as party bags as I have two boys with birthdays in March and April.
I bet the children loved receiving them. A really good idea.
Oh fantastic, brings a little colour and joy to the world, similarly Iove to see a bit of yarnbombing x
Love the idea of the Easter trail!
Just the perfect time of year for the extra colour.