A bit of Yarn bombing...

So what is yarn bombing? A definition...

A yarn bomb is form of street art where yarn in any form (knit, crochet, latch hook, cross stitch, amigurumi, or simply wrapped) is attached to an object in the public environment.

So technically my efforts aren't true to the definition as it was at my home, not a 'public environment, but I did cover something with yarn that had been crocheted or knitted. 

I had been steadily joining donated squares into blankets for Knitting for Brisbane's Needy and just as steadily I was neatening off ends. On Sunday morning, ostensibly all the blankets were finished, ready to hand over at the Scarborough Knit and Natter on Monday. 

I normally take a photo of the completed items so the donors of the squares can see their handiwork. I decided to drape all the folded blankets over the railing of our front veranda. It took a while but eventually all 16 blankets were in place.

Then I went downstairs with the camera to get some shots...DH trimmed some plants that were a bit high too...

Here is the collage I made with the photos...one photo is of the whole row and then I took a photo of each of the 3 sections of the railings.

I put the photo on K4BN's closed group page. Yesterday I got a big surprise because the owner of the yarn store Knitch, thought that the photo was worth sharing on her Knitch page, with an accompanying lovely comment directed at myself and other members of K4BN. Anissa also asked all readers of her page to consider knitting or crocheting squares for K4BN!  Anissa sent me a message just before to say that her post (of my post) had had 9 shares. 

But my biggest 'wow moment' was when Jenny King left a lovely comment about my efforts on Anissa's post. For those who don't know her, Jenny King is an Australian designer and crochet pattern writer. She has also entered the US crochet scene as well. 

So even though it was a thrill to have Jenny make a comment on my photo...the reality is that when I was folding up all those blankets I found 'ends/threads' on several of them, that I had missed. Now I think that when I handed over those blankets on Monday...all ends had been neatened off...I think! Lol

Friday Night with Friends...

Thank you once again to Cheryll for hosting this event.
Last night I shared the lounge room with DH, and DsD1's partner Dan...the boys watched 2 football games, with all the accompanying shouting at the TV, and I joined knitted squares to make another blanket for K4BN.
I had bought some 'eyelash' type yarn which was on special for 99c per ball in Lincraft, and I used this to crochet the donated squares together. This is the second blanket I've made this week using this 'fluffy' yarn. It helps hide the slightly uneven side edges on some of the squares. (Susan your lovely squares which are not in this blanket have no uneven sides) 

So 30 squares have become 1 blanket. Some weaving in of ends and it will be all finished. 

FNSI...

This month I certainly had an evening of variety...
Firstly, I finished neatening off any ends in some blankets I had made from squares that various people had donated to K4BN. Then I did my version of yarn bombing to get some photos of the 7 blankets. Instead of using our modular lounge, this time I used the railings on the side veranda to arrange the items for the 'photo shoot'.
Looking to the left...

 Looking back from the front steps...

Some people who make squares for the group, use it as an opportunity to try out new designs... these look so good placed in amongst the plain squares, and make rather special looking blankets...

The white central bit was the original square and I just crocheted a few more rounds to make the square larger...

I took the next photo to show off that lovely square...and then saw, despite checking each blanket twice, that there was still an end not woven in!

Last night I also finished off the fringe and sewed on the label of the throw that I have made DD2 for her birthday...

I also started a new knitting project...I cast on the 241 stitches and worked the first row...no photos as it doesn't look interesting yet :-)
At the end of the evening I worked on one of my EPP projects...sewing in the squares with a new Christmas fabric that I bought recently to try using a cream and gold fabric for the centres rather that the white and silver that I usually use...

Filling in the centres on a Christmas runner...

 So that's how I spent my evening...no TV watching this month while I crafted, I magnanimously allowed DH to use the large screen telly in the loungeroom to watch some footy game...Cowboys and Roosters or something like that! lol. He didn't seem to yell at the TV as much this time, so those men in the pink shirts and short black shorts obviously didn't annoy him this time :-/.
If you like to check out what others did with their time during FNSI, go over to Wendy's blog and use the links in the sign up post...will you also join us next month perhaps?