Wild West Knitting ~

For those of you that have not seen this amazing artist, Suzanne Tidwell, at work, you really should try to see one of her fabulous installations. They are magical in color and texture and location.

I have seen several in our area, and even was able to help with the knitting on one of them here, here and here. This one I only viewed on her Facebook page and wished I could see it "in the wild" as it is truly spectacular in its color and location. Check out other pictures of this installation at The Resort at Paws Up in Montana. Major Creative Kudos to Suzanne!  Keep up the great inspiration!

Stitch 'n Pitch ~

Love the excuse to get together with fabulous knitters!  Even when our baseball team is not doing well, it is still great to meet at a game with other knitters and super delightful friends!

Throw some crazy kids of all ages into the mix, plus a yarn bombed glove (above) by our favorite yarn bomber, and you have a great night of friends, knitting and laughing.  Plus our team won the game!  How great is that! The only part that could have been better would be like last year, where we left the game and went to the Harry Potter midnight premier!! So, tonight I was hoping for extra innings so we could keep knitting into the night!!

Community Sock two ~

The second Community Sock is up, with some of the knitting our group did!  The second stripe from the bottom is the purple striped "scarf" knit by the Jitteryknitter. It was so lovely and stylish compared to the neon yellow, neon pink, purple and peach stripes that I knit, yet they all look lovely on these trees! 

 

There are now 50 trees with "socks" on display at Anderson Park and you should stop by if you are in the area. They are so beautiful and whimsey and delightful!!  Hurrah for Suzanne Tidwell!

Hurrah for all the knitter having fun knitting with acrylic yarn! Hurrah for the kids showing off these fun socks!

Our Community Sock is Up ~

After knitting more stripes and sewing them together, Suzanne Tidwell was able to install the first Community Tree Sock at the park on Saturday night. Here she is up the ladder, lacing the sides of the tree sock together so it will stay put.  It was great fun to watch all the reactions of the people visiting the park. Lots of kids pointing at the different stripes that were their favorites, and lots of adults taking pictures. Lots of enjoyment for everyone there!

I had to bring my kids back on Sunday to see the lovely Community Tree Sock, and show them how the lovely and wild neon yellow, neon pink, purple and peach stripe that I knit was a perfect addition to the other knitters creativity!  Hurrah for this yarn installation! My stripe is the one above the turquoise stripe!

Community Tree Socks ~

What has happened to the Blogger formatting, I do not like this new way of posting! Plus, who has time to figure out the new way, when it is tough enough to find time to post in the first place!  Sad...so I will post a few more times to see if I can live with this, but I don't like how it looks with the pictures floating without the words surrounding it... anyone have any ideas... I am not a computer geek or even an HTML geek, so this is not a comfort zone...back to the knitting....

We were able to get together on Saturday to work on the Tree Sock art that we started last Saturday. Suzanne has been doing a marvelous job with these trees, and we were able to knit more on the stripes and sew some of the stripes together. It was a great Yarn Yoga event for us, as we had not been together since our February island vacation!!

 We were able to get together on Saturday to work on the Tree Sock art that we started last Saturday. Suzanne Tidwell has been doing a marvelous job with these trees, and we were able to knit more on the stripes and sew some of the stripes together. It was a great Yarn Yoga event for us, as we had not been together since our February island vacation!!

 Look at all that great acrylic yarn!!!  Hurrah!!!

 Here is Suzanne with MY STRIPE as the top most stripe of the "tree sock" she is holding up! See how she likes neon yellow and neon pink matched with peach and variegated purples and oranges!!!

Here is the first "community tree sock" that we all helped knit on, by hand, not by the knitting machine. My stripe is the one above the solid turquoise stripe.  See how lovely and crazy it looks!!!

Tree Socks ~

Today was a great day! The Jitteryknitter and I were together knitting, and we each brought home a big bag of acrylic yarn! (WHAT???) Yes, let me explain... we were helping the VALA group that is helping the artist Suzanne Tidwell with her latest installation nearby. We were knitting strips (like a scarf) that will all be sewn together next week and installed on more of the trees in this City Park. Our strips, or scarves, need to be 73 inches long to fit around "our" tree. What a lovely forest of very happy trees in this park! Yes, we really are excited to bring home a big bag of acrylic yarn to knit the 73 inch strip of bright colors to be installed next week!

Farewell Socks ~

Dear socks at the corner of our high school and Starbucks. I will miss your whimsy and brightness. I wish you could have stayed. I loved you in all three phases of your creative loveliness, winter, with a news report, spring and this autumn scene below....Many thanks to Suzanne Tidwell, the creative genius behind this lovely art!! I will miss these lovelies!

Bosses Yarn Bomb ~

Since there are three knitters in our office, we thought it would be a lovely show of affection to yarn bomb our bosses office for Bosses Day.Given that we don't have a knitting machine like our famous yarn bomber here and here and here, we did some fast knitting by hand.Although it seemed like we were knitting forever, it did not give us the complete coverage of his office plants as we had hoped, but it still looked very cool.Plus, he loved it!!!

Knitting as Art ~

I was taking my babysitting charge out for some air and a change of scenery. The occasion was the beginning of Cross Country practice, so I get one hour of knitting time while I wait for practice to end. (Hurrah for Cross Country practice!!!)As I sat and knit, I noticed someone in the seat across the cafe sewing some big BIG piece of knitting, and I realized that she was part of the group that knit and created the wonderful Socks (below) in our town.She was working on a grand scale project in Seattle, and it is so amazing! click here and here to see the photos of the Seattle display!

Spring Yarn Socks ~

Spring is here for our public art! This installment of Knit Socks is perfect for the season, and so creative!Click here and here for the story and pictures of the winter installment, and click here for the story and pictures of the spring installment (picture courtesy of link)!

Yarn Graffiti ~

While driving one of my kids to cross country practice, we noticed a delightful bit of excitement on the high school driveway corner.


Yarn Graffiti ~ beautiful and fun and colorful!


Done by the same ladies that created the marvelous yarn graffiti exhibit at our library this spring.


On this corner they are decorating several dead tree trunks that were going to be carved into statues, but funding ran out.... and I think this is a perfect way to share some art!

Knit Art at City Hall ~

Question: What can be greater than a long walk to the library with one's sweet daughter, hearing all her stories of her delightful weekend?




Answer: When the library has been decorated with knitting.....from the parking lot to the community plaza...


Three ladies and a knitting machine....and lots of inspiration....


lots of acrylic, and lots of creativity......


supportive friends and one has a great husband that was taking pictures of us taking pictures of the delightful knitted art....


I do hope City Hall keeps this knitted art here all summer!!


It is so great - knitting even in the parking lots!!!!! Click here for another site to view this fun!