Lovebomb
Using Yarn bombing to reclaim and refresh the urban landscape.
Using Yarn bombing to reclaim and refresh the urban landscape.
Apr 20th, 2012
Our first big project went up without a hitch. In fact, it went up on a glorious Sunday afternoon, to the hum of laugher and positive feed back. Sadly only a few short hours afterwards, each ball was stolen and presumably destroyed. We are so bummed that many people never got to see them. Lots [...]
Dec 21st, 2011
Our first big project went up without a hitch. In fact, it went up on a glorious Sunday afternoon, to the hum of laugher and positive feed back. Sadly only a few short hours afterwards, each ball was stolen and presumably destroyed. We are so bummed that many people never go to see them. Lots [...]
Dec 18th, 2011
I saw knitting round a pole, saw colour on a sign. I saw doilies round a maple and 6 ply in a line. I wore black when I did it. I saw luck and I weaved a bomb of green sheep coat now on the bench relieved. Loop after loop I loosened and [...]
Dec 18th, 2011
As we installed the yarn balls onKing Street, Newtown this afternoon, a woman approached us from the crowd. She bent over us and inquired in false joy, ‘What is the point of all this? Why don’t you actually knit something for some one who needs it?’ I couldn’t hold back my first thought – ‘Why don’t [...]
Nov 21st, 2011
These images where sent to us by Jen. She took them when she was traveling through Wollongong on her way to Sydney. We aren’t sure who is the Artist or Artists, but we w0uld love to find out. If anyone knows where this fantastic piece of Yarnboming originated please let us know. Its so great [...]
Nov 20th, 2011
The pieces of the project are starting to come back to us. It is very exciting. We will reach our target, if not cover more than we ever hoped for.
Nov 17th, 2011
Wow, mothers are amazing. If you ever want to muster a big group of people together the knit and crotchet a large illegal yarnbombing installation, get you’re your mother on board. People really do love knitting don’t they. We have already started to get a few pieces back. The date has also been set for [...]