I am very lucky to live in a part of the UK that loves Crochet and Yarn. Last year the local college about 3 miles down the road had a Yarn Festival called …. wait for it….. Festiwool!
Did I go – I hear you ask?
Well I bought the tickets, arranged with a friend to go, and then I ended up here! The kids loved it!
Yep – Disneyland Paris! We had a ball …. but no yarn in sight (apart from some crochet stars as you are allowed to take hooks etc on the train!).
So this year – it’s a must!
Must put it on the calendar now!
So – Back to my Yarnbombing experience, this is the first I have seen, and my am I so jealous not to have been involved! I still can’t believe I missed the thing!
It’s in a local churchyard. You can enter by one of 4 gates. All very cleverly labelled to tell people what is going on!
There was this amazing tree,
then everywhere I looked there was something else to see!
The rubbish bin was inspired! Actually seeing it being used was brilliant!
The detail was lovely – from fruit trees
to buttons
To a fairy and her little house!
Crocheted dangling bits
And some knitting for passers by. I tried to crochet some chain (not being a knitter) – and boy is it hard without a hook!
But I think my favourite has to be the granny squares.
Thank you yarnbombers! You really truly made my day!
One of the ladies who did this can be found here – She has the best tea pot covers you’ve ever seen!
Thank you so much for the link to Woolly Chic’s web site and the lovely blog post about Hitchin’s yarnbombing! If we do something like this again, I will definitely let you know and you can get involved next time.
I noticed that on the poster of Festiwool the date is wrong! Festiwool will take place on 14th November 2015. I hope you can make it and I will let the organisers of Festiwool know that their poster needs changing!!!
How cool!!
Amazeballs! I love a good yarnbomb!