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Well actually, here's a link to it, because the wonderful ladies over at Yarn Bomb Yukon have chronicalled it far better than I ever could, and it's their baby so they should get the blog post credit (and all sorts of other credit and kudos because they have busted their butts off for the last 6 months over this project). So please head over to their blog, and check out not only all the photos of the yarn bombed DC-3, but also the progress posts and history of the plane.
For instance, did you know that this DC-3 is the worlds largest weathervane? (I'm sorry, that piddly one in Michigan doesn't come close to ours!)
The installation went really well on Saturday, and it was finished by 2:30 pm! I admit, I think everyone was motivated by the ominous dark grey clouds starting to peak around the mountains all around us, but it was a monumental effort by everyone involved, and was a heck of a lot of fun! I helped out by sitting in a lawn chair, live tweeting on my dumb phone and knitting. :)
ETA: There's now a time-lapse video of the installation! Go check it out, it's amazing!
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Thank you, Yarn Bomb Yukon, Yukon Transportation Museum, Yukon Arts Centre, and everyone involved with this project!
I saw this as a news story on the National this weekend (thanks for the link on the history). It looks like you guys had some fun while doing some awesome charity work at the same time. Thumbs up on the maple leaf!
ReplyDeleteWe've gotten some great coverage on it. I couldn't believe it when Jessica said the national was covering the project!
DeleteAnd thanks! I should really work out that crochet pattern for others. There's not a lot out there for Canadian maple leaf patterns.
This is incredible. Skimming their website gave me goosebumps. What a beautiful and innovative way to engage and give back to your community. (P.S. - LOVE the maple leaf!)
ReplyDeleteHaha, thanks. It was a lot of fun!
DeleteWow, that's the biggest yarn bombing I've seen yet! I actually saw in real life that someone knitted a cover around an old phone book that is attached to an old telephone box. And yarn bombing even made it's way into advertising in a very strange way - a tampax ad, have you seen it? Here's someone's post that has a photo http://retreadart.blogspot.com/2012/07/funny-for-day.html
ReplyDeleteThe organizers have contacted the Guiness Book of World Records to see if this is the largest yarn bombing to date! At the very least, it's the biggest in Canada! :)
DeleteHuh, I hadn't seen that ad. Maybe this is where all the associations we've been getting between yarn bombing and tampons is coming from. Not really the best association in my mind, but still kind of funny. Thanks for passing that on!