Re: [lace] Yarn bombing and lace equivalent
Perhaps you are referring to the Nottingham lace factory. Its facade has been covered (or otherwise) with concrete panels in a lace pattern. I believe the design is of Louise West. Karen in Malta On 12 January 2013 00:50, Elizabeth Ligeti wrote: > I have seen a couple of photos, (somewhere) of a building in Bedford (UK) > that had large Lace panels hanging from its exterior. It looked > spectacular > > Did anyone else see it? > > Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz. > lizl...@bigpond.com > > - > To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: > unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to > arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ > - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Yarn bombing and lace equivalent
Several years ago an arachnean posted a link to photos of a tree that someone had covered with crochet doilies. Anybody remember where? Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA robinl...@socal.rr.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Yarn bombing and lace equivalent
I have seen a couple of photos, (somewhere) of a building in Bedford (UK) that had large Lace panels hanging from its exterior. It looked spectacular Did anyone else see it? Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz. lizl...@bigpond.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
RE: [lace] Yarn bombing and lace equivalent
Hi All, There is a SONG out about this practice - it is called "Midnight Knitters" and is sung by Cathy Miller (thesingingquilter if you want to look her up), a Canadian Folk singer. She sells individual songs off her website. Mary Carey Campbelltown, NSW, Australia - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Yarn bombing and lace equivalent
Devon asked: Has anyone on the list ever participated in a yarn bombing? I belong to a knitting group and we meet at assorted down-town cafes, coffee shops, restaurants, once a week. One place that we go to quite regularly asked us to yarn bomb her cafe for Christmas. This was at the beginning of December, but we all felt that we were too busy, so it has now been decided that some time later this month or early February we will yarn bomb her place. I have a knitting machine and have made a 10 ft length to go round a floor to ceiling pipe which stands in one corner. Others are doing smaller things to decorate chairs etc. When it is done, I'll take a couple of photos and post them somewhere. Malvary in Ottawa where after 76cm of snow over the past 3-4 weeks and very cold temperatures, it is about +1c today and forecast high of +5c by Friday. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Yarn bombing and lace equivalent
I prefer Graffiti Lacing, myself. Break out the yarn bobbins, Get the thin nylon cord from the big box hardware store, do something relatively simple, attach to a tree. Let the local newspaper know what you're doing. Make it the project of a lace group as their community outreach. Put it on YouTube. Admit culpability and attach the group's url. Or IOLI's. Or the Lace Guild. Or OIDFA. Or LOKK. Try to be part of the landscape. Make a lace fence in your garden where the public can see it. Lyn in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA, where the nice weather continues. From Wikipedia Yarn bombing, yarnbombing, yarnstorming, guerrilla knitting, urban knitting or graffiti knitting is a type of graffiti or street art that employs colorful displays of knitted or crocheted yarn or fiber rather than paint or chalkYarn bombing was initially almost exclusively about reclaiming and personalizing sterile or cold public places. It has since developed with groups graffiti knitting and crocheting worldwide, each with their own agendas and public graffiti knitting projects being run. http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Yarn bombing and lace equivalent
>From Wikipedia Yarn bombing, yarnbombing, yarnstorming, guerrilla knitting, urban knitting or graffiti knitting is a type of graffiti or street art that employs colorful displays of knitted or crocheted yarn or fiber rather than paint or chalkYarn bombing was initially almost exclusively about reclaiming and personalizing sterile or cold public places. It has since developed with groups graffiti knitting and crocheting worldwide, each with their own agendas and public graffiti knitting projects being run. You should really google "yarn bombing" for images. Yarn bombing sounds as though something is covered with yarn, but in fact, the examples are, for instance, a tank covered with what looks like an afghan, or pipes covered with what looks like a custom knitted pipe warmer, even a bus covered with a tight form fitting knitted bus cover. I have never really understood how a group of women can descend on a public sculpture, or vehicle and cover it in such a labor intensive bit of knitting or crocheting, quickly. Do they surreptitiously take measurements ahead of time, avoiding police surveillance, so that they can arrive with the knitted garment which would only then require a few connecting stitches to place it before the authorities come? (It is technically illegal like graffiti, although not often prosecuted.) Has anyone on the list ever participated in a yarn bombing? How does it work? Lace content: I propose that the lace equivalent be "Guerilla Veiling". Devon - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
