yarnBOMB!!

I was knitting this for our next yarn bombing- International Yarn Bombing Day. My intent for this bomb was to attach it to the bridge as our "signature." However, I fell in love with it and can't possibly leave it out for whatever or whoever to take it. So I think The Knotty Knitters will keep it as our mascot and we'll just take photos with it.

Pattern by Goodbye Blue Monday.

Urban Knits

We're very happy to announce that the book Urban Knits by Simone Werle has now been published. We were contacted last year about including some of our yarn bombs for the book. We are very honored to be among such amazing artists.

Today our copy of the book arrived. We will keep it at our regular knitting spot The Divine Cupcake so anyone can enjoy the photos and be inspired to make art.

Our Next Yarn Bomb!

The Eugene Knotty Knitters are encouraging and welcoming anyone to participate in our next yarn bomb. Scheduled for Saturday, June 11 2011. We would also like to do a potluck picnic afterwards if enough people are interested. We haven't nailed down a specific time on Saturday that the installment and picnic will occur. Keep checking back!

We are planning on knitting some decorations for the Peter DeFazio pedestrian bridge in Alton Baker Park. Some Knotty Knitters have also shown an interest in knitting some flags in honor of Flag Day and securing them to the bridge.

Are there any guidelines? Not really! We don't have a theme so as to encourage whatever type of knitted or crocheted art you want to make. Keep in mind that the bridge gets hundreds of visitors a day including lots of families and children. Also note that while most of the knitted art is left for others to enjoy, someone may love your piece a little too much and remove it. So don't get too attached to it. And lastly, please make your yarn bomb easy to remove. Whether it needs to be removed by the city or by yourself. It is up to the the individual to remove their yarn bomb as deemed fit (is it falling apart, are pieces missing, are you wanting to take it home?)

I have taken photos and measurements of the bridge for you all to use as a guide (in our experience knitting cozies with a negative ease works best! That way it stretches and is snug on whatever you're covering.) Feel free to head down there yourself and look around. There are lots of places that need cozies. Poles, rails, benches, light posts... There are also some trees and garden area that would look great with some knitted plants and wildlife. We're trying to keep all yarn bombing up around the bridge so as not to interfere with the ducks and geese down by the pond and river.

Here's some links to get you going:

The Eugene Knotty Knitters facebook page.

The facebook event for International Yarn Bombing Day.

The Knotty Knitters flickr page with photos and measurements.

If you have any questions or would like to do the potluck, please let us know at knittyknotty@yahoo.com

All You Knit is Love

The Eugene Knotty Knitters completed their fourth yarn bombing today. We've been working on this project since December. It's our biggest, flashiest, most public bombing and we've been so excited.

We knew we wanted to do something for Valentine's Day. We all need more love and more art in our lives. ALL YOU KNIT IS LOVE. Perfect. We chose to tag a fence, inspired by The Ladies Fancywork Society. There were only a few fences in Eugene that seemed to work, but the one in front of the public library was desperately needing some love. This fence protects a giant hole in the ground. A building that was tore down and then abandoned.

We all knit, crocheted or sewed letters for the fence plus made tokens of love- flowers, hearts, knitted knitting needles. We had a great time installing our art piece. During the process, a reporter for our newspaper happened upon us. So while we do try to be discreet we did end up being photographed and Maiya was interviewed.

Please enjoy our gift to you Eugene! Be cool. Please do not remove art. Check out more photos on our flickr page.

If you want us to decorate your area or to sponsor our next bombing, please contact us at knittyknotty@yahoo.com

Holidaze Party

This month we had our second annual Knitty is Knotty holiday party. Spring once again graciously allowed us to use her home. We had quite a few more people this year and had a blast! We brought lots of food and drink, did a handmade gift exchange and played Apples to Apples.

The Handmade Gift Exchange

Maiya won Spring's handmade soap, face scrubs and washcloth.

Spring won Morgan's rat bag.

Morgan won Candice's golden penis award.

Candice won Janielle's hand knit doll.

Janielle won Lillian's homebrewed beer.

Lillian won Mary's knitted scarf and hat.

Mary won Vicki's beaded bracelet.

Vicki won Christina's wine glass and holder.

Christina originally won Maiya's knitted gloves, but they were stolen. She got some earrings from Sandra but traded them to Kelsey for Dawn's knitting fund/piggy bank.

Dawn won Kelsey's Ninkasi Sleigher beer and beer cozy.

Kelsey won Sandra's earrings.

Sandra won Maiya's knitted gloves.

Whew!

If you want to join us, we still meet every other Wednesday at The Divine Cupcake. You can find us on facebook to keep up to date and check out our flickr page.

A Little Help from our Friends

We're planning our next big yarn bombing and we need help! We need lots and lots of yarn. We're hoping that people are willing to donate yarn to us and/or donate some money so we can purchase yarn. We're looking for cheap, acrylic yarn but we'll take anything. Remember, this yarn will be displayed outside in the Oregon winter weather. So please, if you can contact us about donating yarn or click the button to your right to make a donation into our paypal. Thanks everyone! You can contact us at knittingknotty@yahoo.com

Halloween Yarn Bomb

This yarn bomb was our first requested piece. Marc Time asked if we would be able to contribute something for the first Springfield First Art Walk. We had eight days- it was going to take place on October 1st. We picked a tree that was on the Art Walk route- and was also in front of the Springfield Farmers Market. A Halloween themed bomb made sense since it was now October.

Maiya provided the lace trunk cozy, spider web with spider, candy corn and a pumpkin. Spring provided a BOO tree branch cozy. Christina provided a Burton-esque snake. Kelsey make another BOO tree branch cozy, a pumpkin and a ghost. Mary made a bunch of ghosts! Candice provided the bats. And Dawn made eyeballs!

We heard that the tree was very well received by the public and we look forward to continuing this act of knitted graffiti.