TV time

So, last August some Wisconsin Public Television guys were in town and saw some of my work on a bike rack outside of the Pump House. They asked some questions inside and left their contact info...so I contacted them. We met up and this is what happened. PLEASE, if you realize that you now know who I am, don't post my real name. Thanks. 
I'm mostly happy with it. It was stressful & fun. They definitely had fun in the editing room.

I was unable to embed the video, so you'll have to click the link to see it. 

http://video.wpt.org/video/2365175585/

WPT

Not your typical yarn bombing. This was was recorded for WPT...Wisconsin Public Television. Yikes! (I'll post an update when I have an air-date. Probably not until Feb.) 

There they are, Joe & Ryan, unloading their van. 

These are definitely my favorite bike racks. Since I'd recently seen Despicable Me 2, I decided to make a minion. 

I gave each of the guys a yarn bomb before they left. 

                          

The Pump House

Just in time for their Chalk Art Festival tomorrow!

Amazing Olympic bomb!

I saw this article today. I have no idea who did this, but it was a LOT of work. Great job!
Olympic yarnbomb

We're still here!

Sadly, no bombing has been done since Halloween. If all goes well, there will be something new within a month. Keep looking. You never know what/where it might be.

Yarn bombing for good!

I just saw this story and had to share it. What a cool idea.
http://knitriot.blogspot.com/

More press. :)

The local food co-op (http://www.peoplesfoodcoop.com/) mentioned us in their latest newsletter: Co-op shopper The story is at the bottom of page 3. Does anyone know who the mystery pumpkin bomber is? Maybe it's Slip-Knitty, the other "mystery bomber" in town.

Halloween yarn bomb!

I'd been thinking about this bike rack since I first saw it this summer...before it was installed outside. I knew that I would have to bomb it at some point. I mean, LOOK at it!

 I spend a few weeks working on my idea, hoping that it would turn out as I imagined it. I took everything down there earlier today and started with this: 

I did this one next. I had some help with the knitting on this one from a new bomber.

What's Halloween without a jack-o-lantern?

Boo!

 

Here's a shot of the whole thing. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. 

The Woolly Walk Along

A while back, I heard about a big yarn bombing project in New Zealand. A knitter calling herself  Knitty Graffity was asking for pieces to put on the railing around the wharf in Auckland for the Rugby World Cup which is being held there.

Here's a link to an article about it: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10750575

Be sure to watch this video. http://www.localist.co.nz/milfordtakapunadevonport/articles/devonport-wharf-gets-woolly Our piece (black with colored flowers) is first visible at :19. There's a close-up of it not long after. Starting at :41 it's on the screen for about 10 seconds while being sewn onto the pole. Very cool.

You can read more about the project at Knitty Graffity's blog: http://knittygraffity.blogspot.com/

We have a mystery bomber in our midst!

While walking through Riverside Park today, I spotted this yarn bomb. I've never seen any around here, other than the ones we put up, so it was really cool. While taking a picture of it, a lady walking by said "They're doing that all over. Isn't it cool?!"

The tag says "Slip-Knitty". If you are, or know, Slip-Knitty, send us an email: bluffsidebombers (at) gmail.com

The Pump House

Word got to us that The Pump House was looking for a little yarn bombing action for Krazy Daze. The chance to put up some bombs without worrying about anything was very nice. Not only that, I had steps to sit on, shade AND a slight breeze....not to mention all of the positive comments. I may do some bombing there every day. It's good for my mental health. We will probably be putting more stuff up outside in the future. 

The scarf is at the river!

Remember the giant scarf from a few weeks ago? It's on display on a fence for the annual Riverfest celebration. It's not our project, but we helped with it. It took us about an hour and a half to put it up. Luckily for us, someone else will be taking it down next week, after the festivities. (assuming that it survives....)

This guy and his brother helped roll out the last several yards. 

Go "like" our library!

If you're on facebook, click the link below and "like" them. This is our local library and they are HUGE supporters of the Bluffside Bombers. Let's see how many non-locals we can get to join. If you can, leave a post on their wall telling them that we sent you. :)

https://www.facebook.com/lacrosselibrary

TV, newspapers, Flickr, oh my!

Saturday was a crazy day! We had committed to volunteer with the yearly knitting day at the library which, for the first time, was in June, on Worldwide Knit in Public Day. It also happened to be the 1st annual International Yarn Bombing Day.

We don't usually ask for permission, but did talk to the library director about this. She said she didn't want to be involved but if things appeared, it would be fine. :) Our plan was to put things up with twist ties for the day and take them down at the end of the day so they could be sewn on elsewhere at another date. Well....we got asked to leave the indoor pieces there and to also sew the monster feet onto the bike rack. I also got permission to cover the entire rack. That should keep me busy! Stay tuned for updates on that project. Luckily, I found out about that just after I was asked to set out several boxes of acrylic yarn that was to be given away. I grabbed a  bunch of bright Red Heart.

During the 10:00 news that night, I saw this: http://www.wxow.com/Global/story.asp?S=14888677

This morning, I went to get the Sunday paper off of the steps and saw this: http://lacrossetribune.com/image_a5b3fc1d-81b0-588d-8d60-6817449e4f6d.html

Later in the day, someone from the library posted these pics on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tinfoilraccoon/sets/72157626820808497/with/5825125317/

International Yarn Bombing Day

We yarn bombed the public libary...inside & out!

 

Bombs that I forgot to post...oops.

 These were done on May 13 for the newspaper interview.

The white piece is still on this bike rack but the feet are gone.

This was removed because of the grumpy park & rec guy...it will make a return at some point....somewhere. 

My favorite piece so far. The spiked collar was so cool!

Cop helps yarn bombers!

What a great story. Click the link and give it a read!
Cop rescues yarn bombers

A Memorial Day bomb from Wham-O Knits

One of the Bluffside Bombers, Wham-O Knits, placed this park bench bomb on Memorial Day. Very colorful!

International Yarn Bombing Day is coming up...

 Read all about it here: International Yarn Bombing Day

Dobby and his sock.

When I spotted Dobby, my first thought was "He needs a sock!" Last night, I took care of that.