You may have noticed the wool round the ticket machine on West St Helen Street this morning …
and the string of knitting and crochet hung out near St Helen’s Wharf.
Overnight Abingdon suffered an attack of graffitti knitting , also known as yarn bombing, or guerrilla crochetting.
Perhaps it is coincidence that Rosie’s Tea Room was blacked out last Sunday, perhaps not. Rosie’s is a known hangout for the knitters of Abingdon.
I see that the monk on the roundabout even got yarn bombed. I love the knitted washing line on the Guild hall sign on Bridge Street.
It a Yeah Baby 5 Yarn bomb! I saw the monk this afternoon and thought it’s a pity he hasn’t been decorated much of late. Perhaps he’ll get his mojo back now?
https://www.facebook.com/YeahBabyYarnBomb?ref=stream&hc_location=timeline
A great idea and a great cause.
I think it is great. Bring back the old crafts. If anyone wants to take crafting further we are lucky in having the W I Denman College at Marcham. Courses are available for non members and they do some wonderful crafting courses in modern surroundings. http://denmancollege.org.uk/courses/catalogue
How wonderful, must go down and have a look
Brilliant – but please tell us why Rosie’s was blacked out – is all OK there?
Well I went on the ‘knitting/crochet’ walk today (self guided) and met another 3 people who were doing exactly the same, My walk took me past (and into) two coffee places which were not on the Market Square. It would be nice if more Abingdonians made the effort to support these lovely businesses.
One more bonus, I saw the beautiful Floral Baskets on St Helen’s Wharf. What a lovely sight for us and for passing boaters.
Glad you all like the yarn bomb. The idea was to generate some interest and publicize Yeah Baby. This free music festival is happening on Saturday in the market place and will be raising money for 4 local children’s charities: oxford children’s hospital, Ronald Donald house oxford, Helen and Douglas house hospice and the amber philpot trust. Of course, it was also a good excuse to make abingdon look pretty. Contributions were made by a wide variety of local people, including some lovely knitting from a 7 year old and some first time projects from adults.
Can’t help with rosie’s though – sorry!
What a lot of work everyone put into this fun(d)raiser. I hope you got loads of dosh. Yarn bombing is a great idea – especially pleased that some young ones got into the swing of it and learned to knit, it can be such fun.
We were approached by a film company who wanted to make a short film inside the shop. They were filming that night and they blacked out the window so that they would have consistent artificial light.