Yes Really!
I only know because Eleonora of Coastal Crochet has written a wonderful blog post about it.
So, although I have not made a new piece especially, I thought I would join in with my mandala that I made in July 2019 especially to hang up outside.
It was hanging on my garage wall opposite my front door last year, but this year I put it on one of the posts that supports my espalier pears as a sort of rainbow homage to all our carers during this time of Covid19. It now faces the road.
One of my (possibly short-sighted) neighbours asked me why I had hung a dartboard on my fence!
It went up in April
and sits beside the bug hotel
which is decaying nicely.
The bug hotel (there since 2013) is usually hidden from view, but I cut back the shrubs surrounding it in the hope that the forsythia and golden privet will bulk up as they regrow. You can see it from the other side in this post.
The mandala pattern is called Tuuli, by Zoya Matyushenko, made with Stylecraft Special DK and a 4.5mm hook and attached to a 70cm metal ring.
Have you ever done any Yarn Bombing?
If you fancy joining in, you can tag your bomb on Instagram, #worldyarnbombingday2020
Happy hooking!
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I love the idea of a yarny dartboard! Did you make the bug hotel yourself? I was gifted a solitary bee house last year on Mother’s Day, I have saved it for our new home, but we’ve not put it out yet.
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Maybe a yarny dartboard is a good idea! with velcro darts. Must have a look on Pinterest to see if one already exists.
I did make the bug hotel myself, but had help with sawing the top pallet in half. I am no good with DIY tools!
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Yes there are yarny dartboards out there.
This one and so many more!
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World Wide Knit in Public Day – June 13th – a number of groups in my region are meeting at various places. But then again there are a lot of regular meetings in the world out of the house anyway…
Love the neighbours’ comment!
this a few years ago…a big project. With lots of the pieces coming from around the world.
and a friend of mine was the lead artist – designer for this project, Alison Milne. It was interesting because the locals were invited to help…then later, it was refreshed, again by new locals now living there. And another interesting thing was the actual construction company up there, assisted with dressing the tree…not like usual yarn bombing which appears out of the mists of dawn /randomly added
https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/north-harbour-news/86708550/new-knitted-makeover-for-hobsonville-tree
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Thank you for the clips – fun!
Have a great day tomorrow knitting in public.
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Never bombed with yarn, but what caught my eye was your espalier pear. We were going to try that with a peach but it got ahead of us, so will just be a regular tree. Your pear looks magnificent, as does your Mandela!
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Thank you Kathy, I am quite proud of my pears, I wasn’t sure if I would gt it right. I had a very good crop last year but could only eat about a third as they got codling moth. There is a good crop this year as well, fingers crossed.
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A happy mandala. I saw some old hula hoops in a charity shop last year and should have bought them for mandalas!
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Yes! I have been trying to find some at a decent price. I hadn’t thought to look in charity shops for them – something to look forward to. 🙂
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I love the idea of yarn bombing – I know there are trees in the town centre ‘pleasure grounds’ of our nearby town that have been embellished with patchwork knitting, and one of the WIs have bombed the centre with kniited poppies for Remembrance and angels at Christmas
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It always makes me smile when I see a bit of yarn fun when I am out and about. I particularly loved it when the statue of Thomas Hardy in my local town was given a bobble hat and scarf.
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Aw, that must have been fun – our local town has a series of pigs which tend to get given items of clothing 😉
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Fun!
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What a beauty! However, that dartboard comment made me chuckle. Doesn’t look like that at all to me.
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I have definitely never seen a dartboard in those colours! 😆
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That is so pretty. What a lovely idea to hang it on view. I think it makes people happy to see it (who said a dartboard?!).
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😆 made me wonder about their eyesight!
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Ha ha! Or perhaps they have very pretty dartboards themselves and would like another!
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HaHa! Didn’t think of that.
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What a great idea, Sandra. Your mandala is lovely, and a great message of hope to send out into the world. ❤
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Thank you so much Eliza, that really is what I hoped from putting it out there. 💖
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That’s gorgeous hanging in the garden! Much prettier than a dart board.
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😆😆👍
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How lovely!! Would have loved to participate, but we’re banned from putting anything up anywhere except on our doors – it’s in the lease agreements. 🤬
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That’s a shame.
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Thanks for drawing my attention to yarn bombing day. I love your colourful mandala.
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Thank you Su. I haven’t seen any others around here yet!
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A lovely idea!
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I wonder if you will see any new yarn bombs appearing in Wales.
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I doubt it! Certainly not in my immediate area!
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i did laugh at your neighbour’s comment.
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😆😆🤪
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That mandala is just perfect!! 😍
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Thank you – I love seeing it out there, especially on a dull day like today.
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So many people will have seen it walking down to the beach during the last couple of sunny months! I’m sure they’ve been admired… 😍😊💙
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