York Yarnbombing Event @ Rowntree Park Birthday Party - Saturday 13 July 2013

The sun was shining, the yarnbombing was fantastic, there were lots of people really enjoying it all - what could be better? So here's a quick journey round the exhibits.  It is by no means everything but I hope it gives you a flavour of the day.

Before you even got to the Yarnbombing area there were some treats on offer ...

Bunting at Rowntree Park Reading Cafe & what a view!

Lovely bunting

Didn't Rowntree Park Reading Cafe look great decked out in bunting.  Thanks to the Knitting Group that meets at the Cafe for that.  You can join them on a Wednesday from 2-4pm.

And wasn't that horse brilliant - all decked out by the UnFinished Objects Group that meets at the Golden Ball pub in Bishophill.  The UFO Group meets every second Tuesday of the month from 7.30pm and is open to everyone.  Further details from Sarah on 0789 909 2299.

UFO Group Yarnbombed Horse

He even came with his own picnic!

This chap was so popular that there were queues to get photos with him! And look at that wonderful tail! 

Then we enter through the Dovecot

Dovecot from the Cafe side

Pot Plants & Hedgehogs

Alliums?

Curtain, plant, mice & caged bird

Peeping out

Dovecot yarnbombed curtain

What an enormous curtain!  Thanks to Helen for all the work putting that together.  It will dismantle into 4 blankets! And did you spot Suzanne's fantastic tasselled, finger knitted tieback which was made at one of our workshops!

Next we move on to one of the pillars decorated with a beautiful felt flower garland by Sew Chatty. They meet at the Love to Eat Cafe in Dringhouses on Thursdays from 10am to 11.30am.  Contact Fiona on 01904 700599 if you fancy joining them.  They look like a friendly bunch.

Sew Chatty Felt Flower Garland

Felt Flower Detail

Sew Chatty at Love to Eat

 
Then there's the Craft Group that meet at Acomb Library on a Saturday from 10am to noon.  They put on quite a show.  We loved those flower poles as well as the benches (& pillars).  The Group came in force for the day, crafted and had a picnic - obviously a very sociable lot!

Colourful kite

Beautiful benches

Acomb Craft Group Crafting in the Park

There was also the picnic rug installation (the picnic rug was a small example of extreme knitting - extreme needles were available on the day to have a go!)  This display was a composite effort as the Fairfax Court Yarnbombers made the umbrella and crocheted cushions and Castaway Yarns customers knitted the items in and decorating the basket.  Other items were donated by members of the public.

Picnic Rug Installation

Lots of people had a go at extreme knitting (even Andy who made the needles!)

Even with baby!

Workshops were available to all ...

Everyone hard at play!

Lots of pompoms today!

Chaps can join in too!

But lets get back to the display.  Because we mustn't forget Mercury...

Mercury in pants

And yes, his bum does look big in these!

Cath, who made Mercury's pants, couldn't believe how big his bum was.  Excellent work Cath - getting those pants on was quite a feat!


Then there are the birds....

Deborah's Duck

How fab was Deborah's duck - did you see the zip wing!  I hope you didn't miss it nestling behind the pillar.

Bird house picture

Bird in flight

Owl by Sonia & Fiona

Fiona & Sonia's adorable owl garlands (detail)

Beautiful bird houses

Bunting ....

Colourful bunting

Butterfly bunting

Green bunting

More green bunting

Black & cream bunting

Judith's bunting

Helen's Bunting

Red Bunting

Jude's bunting from Saudi Arabia

1st Acomb Boys' Brigade Bunting

Other creatures ....

Deborah's dog was of great interest to other dogs as well as people!

Sarah's Humpty had several great falls!

Sarah's terrifying pterodactyl!

Bunny garland

Hedgehog family

Bee

Flowers ....

Vase of Flowers

Naomi's Flower Tree

Hattie's pompom flower

Tree Flowers

Benches ....

Blankets festoon the benches

Blankets, an owl and flower garland

Lace, rabbit garland & blankets

 And then there was more ....

Stevie's Lace Tree

Lace Detail

So I hope this has given you a flavour of the day - there was more and the display changed during the day as the hedgehogs wandered about, the mice scuttled around and things were added.  Sorry I can't put everyone's name to things but we loved it all.

A big thank you goes to the shops who donated all the materials, all the groups and members of the public who joined in, came to the workshops and made this happen.  And a big thank you to Deborah, Cath, Helen, Danielle, Naomi, Jenny and the park staff without which it may never have come together at all!  (On a completely personal note - I'd like to thank my friend, Jude, for her bunting which she brought all the way from Saudi Arabia to add to the display and thanks to Poppy for driving her over the Pennines on Saturday to put it up!) 

Next job - sorting it all out for Oxfam!  I'll be starting that tomorrow.

Yarnbombing in Rowntree Park - Saturday 13 July - Sneak Preview

The Caged Bird Sings! (do you know why?)

All this week I've been posting a daily pic on Facebook of some of the yarnbombs that are going to appear tomorrow at the Yarnbombing Event in York.  This event is part of the Rowntree Park Party which takes place from 2-5pm in (you've guessed it) Rowntree Park.  

Vase of Flowers

In case you're not a Facebook addict I've included all the pics here for you to have a look at.   These smaller items are just some of the yarnbombs that have been donated in advance of the event, and being small you might miss them if you're not looking carefully.  So here they are - in the limelight!  There are of course some larger pieces which I'm keeping under wraps until the big day but you'll have no trouble spotting them (and there'll be an after party blogpost too for those who can't make it!). 

Fairy Toadstools

Birds & Daisies

Knitted Hairclips

Rabbit

Big Knitting

Little Duck

See if you can spot them all.  There'll be lots to look at (and some things to buy on the day - supporting Oxfam,  in case you didn't know that bit).  And you can still join in with the finger knitting, pompom making, knitting, weaving and extreme knitting at our workshop under the craft canopy (near the Dovecot) from 2-5pm. Hopefully we can keep our display growing all afternoon.

For Les Mis fans - A Little Fall of Rain

If you have yarnbombed items that you want to add to the display, pop along from 9am on Saturday 13 July to put them up in the Yarnbombing area.  We'd like to get the display ready for the start of the Park Party at 2pm.  After the event all items are going to be taken down and sold in aid of Oxfam.

Flower Garland

Look out for Deborah New and I. Come and tell us what you think about the event.  We'd love to meet you!

Yarnbomb Flower

You can find more details about the Yarnbombing event, workshops and some of the groups involved by looking at selected Hippystitch blogposts from May 2013 onwards.

Fourth Yarnbombing Workshop - Rowntree Park Cafe, York

Three of the four tables busy with their yarnbombing preparations

I think this was our busiest workshop yet and there were quite a few little ones joining in making pompoms! We managed to monopolise four tables but as it was a lovely day most of the cafe's regular customers were enjoying the sunshine on the balcony so I don't think we stopped anyone sampling its culinary delights.  In fact I like to think we've introduced a few newcomers!

Pompom making in progress!

Yarnbombers at Rowntree Park Cafe

People brought lots of lovely crafty donations with them as well as making all sorts while they were with us. The workshop was a mixture of new faces and familiar ones.  We were so pleased that people had enjoyed it so much the first time that they came again!

Selecting yarns for weaving

An extra plus for me was that I got to sample some of the delights from Rowntree Park Cafe which were (of course) fabulous. Hooray!

Yarnbombing Goodies

Yarnboombing Goodies - Detail

Don't forget  - the last chance to join in the yarnbombing comes on Saturday 13 July at the Rowntree Park 92nd Birthday Party.  Anyone with anything to add to the Yarnbombing display can add it from 9am. Deborah & I will be around if you have any questions or need a bit of yarn to attach your finished work to part of the park.  Then from 2-5pm during the Party, you can join us creating under the craft canopy (find us near the Dovecot!) and add anything you make straight to the display.  There will be some items for sale on the day but most will be donated to Oxfam for sale after the event.  Come, see, create!

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