The Craft Club - Crochet Snowman Swap Yarnbomb

Hey guys

My friends at The Craft Club are at it again, this time it is a Christmas themed yarnbomb.  They have decorated a post box with the most gorgeous hat, The Snowman themed scene which truly is remarkable.

What I also love is that it has been there a few days now and no one has stolen it or ruined it, people just seem to stop and take their photos and appreciate it for it's Christmas cheer and respect what The Craft Club have done.

I think it really looks amazing and it certainly made me feel Christmassy.  What do you think?

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Little Havens Yarnbomb Guiness World Record - Counting The Crochet Items

The Magic Faraway Tree Characters

Mr Saucepan

Lots of Mushrooms for Shroom Land

Morris Dancing Mice <3 I was in love with these!

Lots of bunting

Fruit n Veg

Hey guys

Here is my next instalment on the Little Havens Hospice World Record Yarnbomb!

I was lucky enough to be invited to help the girls setup the yarnbomb and assist in the counting process.

The current world record was 4061 individual items that made up a yarnbomb which was the target we were aiming to meet.  I am thrilled to announce that this record was completely smashed, 13,388 items!! WOW! 

I don't think anyone was really prepared for that and laying it all out on the field to be counted took some time, over 2 hours actually!  To make it as easy as possible for the judges we laid items out in rows of 10.  It took over four hours for the judges to count and the announcement was made!

These photos are only a small section of what was there, it really was astounding.

Come back next time to see the yarnbomb setup in the Little Havens Hospice Garden.  It truly is a wonderland and shouldn't be missed!

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Little Havens Hospice Yarn Bomb with The Craft Club - My Crochet Donations

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You may remember in a previous post a few weeks ago I told you about The Craft Club and the world record crochet yarnbomb that they were attempting to break.

Well, here is a photo of some of the crochet items that I made them for that yarnbomb.  

The theme was mystical woodland items that would fit with the childrens book series The Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton.

I made around 200+ items, lots of leaves, flowers, fruit and I also yarn bombed one of the bridges in the Little Havens Hospice garden (more details to follow later this week).

For now, I shall leave you with part of my haul, I did add a bit more to this but didnt take another photo unfortunately.

I hope you like all the bright pretty colours as much as I do!

 

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Yarn Bombing - my yarn bomb is planted!

Yarn bomb - from a distance
Can you spot it?!

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Just to give you a quick update on my first yarn bomb experience.  I went to a park near me on Friday evening (yep, my life is soooo rock 'n' roll!) and have managed to plant my first ever yarn bomb.

It may not look like much to some, but I am extremely proud of it and felt quite excited to leave it there and wonder what people will think or say when they see it.  I am going to create a second piece now and attach it below to cover the rest of the tree trunk.

I am hoping to go back this evening and check it has survived some pretty horrid weather over the weekend and shall let you know what I find.

All in all, my first yarn bombing experience gets a thumbs up from me! :0)  Feel free to comment below, I look forward to reading some.

Thanks for reading and take care.

Robin Sparkles

Yarn bomb tree sock

Yarn bomb - close up

Yarn bombing - the next stage of my yarn bomb is complete!

Hey guys,

I just thought I would give you a quick update with where my yarn bomb is at.

As I told you in my last post about yarn bombing, I am going to try my first yarn bomb on a tree in my local park.

I have made my first piece which will be used to go round the trunk of the tree up to where the first branch stems out from. I will then make a further section to join that branch to the stem of the trunk and so on and so forth... Well this is in theory!

Anywho, here is my first piece:

Yarn bombing - finished piece ready to plant!

I am trying to keep the pieces as bright and colourful as possible so that it is a very fun and happy yarn bomb for people to see! :0)

I am hoping to go and plant my yarn bomb tonight so I will keep you updated with how I get on.

For now, take care guys.

Robin Sparkles

Yarn bomb - finished piece

Yarn Bombing - Love it or loath it? Yarn Bomb Review

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Today I want to talk about a craze that I have discovered called " Yarn Bombing " or to Yarn Bomb.  It is becoming ever more popular (especially over in the States) and people are getting more and more creative with what items / objects they are choosing to yarn bomb.


I am a bit of a crochet geek myself so as soon as I started discovering more and more images of yarn bombs all over the world I instantly wanted to have a go myself! :0)

I think the key is to start small! I was not going to kid myself into believing I could cover an entire Smart car or telephone box in my first yarn bomb hit!  I have decided to go for a tree trunk / branch for my first yarn bomb experience and am going to pick a tree in my local park.  I have been making a crochet patchwork type piece with as many bright colours as I can and will try to make it fairly long so that it covers a good portion of a tree trunk / branch.

Yarn bomb lamp post pole

The inspiration for my yarn bomb comes from this picture (although mine will not be as intricate as this! :o) ) :

Tree Yarn Bomb

Don't you think it looks crazy but just absolutely brilliant?! I certainly do, especially in winter when trees would otherwise be empty twigs.

There is a lot of discussions as to whether or not you should leave 'tags' / calling cards so that people can trace who left the yarn bomb or not and I guess it is just down to personal preference.  Some people may be so proud of their yarn bomb that they would love to hear from people that have admired their work and to discuss this craze that they love, whereas others may wish to keep their yarn bombing to themselves in the dark of the night and just enjoy their work anonymously.
If you were interested in creating a yarn bomb of your own, I came across this picture that might be a nice easy project to start with:

How to Yarn Bomb

The picture above is a nice and easy guide for how to do a simply yarn bomb.  Again, I think this looks fantastic and it would certainly catch my eye if I was walking along that river.


I am going to leave you now with some favourite pictures I have discovered in my searches and hope that you enjoy them.  If you have done a yarn bomb of your own and have blog posts about it, please feel free to comment below with the links to your posts, I would love to see your work.
Thank you for reading and take care all.
Robin Sparkles

Yarn bombed Smart car

Yarn bombed Smart car

Yarn bombed Wall Street Bull

Yarn bombed London telephone box