Showing posts with label bombing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bombing. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

New Yarn Bombing

                   This is the newest yarn bomb that I have done =) I made a black band to fit tightly around the pole and then a blue rectangle. I then pressed the middle of the blue rectangle together and secured it with a long chain with two rows of single crochets on each side. Then I sewed the bow to the band using blue yarn.  






Thursday, October 4, 2012

Yarn Bombing

               I've been wanting to yarn bomb for a while. So about 3 weeks ago as a birthday gift to myself I finally did it =) I started by picking a target, a pole in front of the building I live in. This way I would see it frequently and so could everyone else. Unfortunetly, since I live on a campus there is not any time when everyone is asleep and the coast is clear. Because of this I had to change my plans last minute and change to a more secluded location. The pole I measured was slightly thicker than the pole I eventually used so the yarn bomb was a little loose when i got it on.






                 This is a few pictures of me working on it right before I finished. I didn't take any pictures before this point because I forgot =) This is me sitting on the floor, on my yellow rug =)



Then I attached a note to it. Its just a folded index card that I punch a hole in using a hole punch. I then made a slip knot on the card and then made another slip stitch on the actual yarn bomb itself. This way it could not be removed as easily unless you have scissors which most people don't carry with them around campus.



You can see what both sides say above =) It rained two days after
 it was posted it and the note fell off, but i found the note
 and had 5 yes's in the like collum!!  =)



             


This is a picture of it all finished just as I'm getting ready to go attach it. I brought with me one long piece of black yarn, that I was doubly sure would be enough cause it's better to end with extra then to run out in the middle. Also I bought a large tapestry needle, that was already threaded and two friends =)





       These are all pictures of it as soon as it went up. Just a Tip: You don't wanna wait until morning, even though it gives better pictures, because it may not be there in the morning and then you may not get any pictures at all =)







              And this is the next day in the sun light so it's a better picture =) The yarn bomb is still up now and its been almost 3 weeks =) I may take it down to wash it and move it to a different pole soon =)

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

My Dream to Yarn Bomb

I have always had the dream to yarn bomb and even though I'm much to busy to attempt it right now it is always on either the first or the second thing on my mind. I guess the planning phase of yarn bombing is being thoroughly covered =) There are quite a few thing that I could yarn bomb at my school, but one of these these I keep coming back to and say "if only" in my head is the statue about 20feet up on the front of the library. I pass it every day to go to class. I was re-reminded of my fantasy when me and my friend found this picture done by the school magazine. This is kinda what i have been wanting to do with slight differences and I would be using yarn (duh) =)





The one thing I worried about was damaging the statue. First off its my school and I didn't want to get in trouble for causing damage. Second its a really beautiful statue in the first place and i didn't want to have to mess it up just for it to look awesome for a short period of time. Third if all goes well and that includes not damaging the statue i thought it might be cool if it wasn't just a one time thing and that would never happen if I damaged the statue while doing it. So I've been thinking pretty consistently on it for about 4 months. I thought maybe duck tape, but that might damage the statue. I thought stick tack, but that might fall off. I thought many idea and just as I was about to give up I thought of this one. Command strips! They stick strong and come off easy. At first I thought I may have to staple the yarn to the command strips, then I tried it and realized it messed with the release mechanism. So I'm like "I might as well try it and it worked1 showed in the video below. I was pretty cool and this makes application soooo much easier. Wish i could get a discount on strips though. =)

 
Maybe soon you'll see a video/picture here when i get the time. Gotta ask permission first =) no way I could sneak that.