Friday 28 December 2012

Sixteen yarn-bombed lamp posts on Jesus Green



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I first heard about yarn bombing a few days ago and immediately hurried on off to Jesus Green to view it in action.

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The plane tree avenue on Jesus Green has been transformed.   On Saturday, 15 December, the mysterious Cambridge guerrilla knitter The Willow Wanderer and her team snuck out in the early hours and clothed the avenue's 16 lamp posts with woollen socks.


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Walk along the avenue (from the red dot on the map to the toilets) and this is what you will see:

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What is yarn bombing?  It is a kind of street art, made of fibre.  Also known as 'guerrilla knitting', 'yarn storm' or 'craft activism'.


To me, this combination is amusing:  

Knitting... 



Auguste Boulard, Ladies Knitting and Reading;Source: Arcadja Auction


Mother's Knitting Book 1936 comp





...plus street art ...

Source:  Blog Society, Newmarket Road jam.







... equals yarn bombing!


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225 knitted and crocheted 10-inch / 25-cm squares.  Nice and woolly to the touch and, on my own visit, dewy-damp, like humid cardigans.

I'm not overly fond of the colour schemes myself:  too garish, too circus-like.  But the close-up views can be lovely:


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Give me a beanie made of this!

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Notice the cable ties used to clip the yarn to the posts.

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A yarn-bombed lamp post:

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And a nude lamp post:

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And a (non-yarn-bombed) bench in the flood with a bird:

4 comments:

  1. This seems to be an international phenomenon. I saw trees 'knitted up like this when I was last over in Germany. By the way, I knew I was a great leader of men, but I've never been called 'Jesus Green' before. Or is it referring to you?
    John Jesus Green

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    1. Oh, how exciting: where did you see knitted trees in Germany?? Not sure what you mean re Jesus Green... *g* If you're from Cambridge, you'll know that it's the name of a park here. If not: well, now you know! ;-)

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  2. Thank you for mentioning my yarn bombing photos.

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    1. It's an absolute pleasure. :-) Did you also do the Mill Rd railway bridge??

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