Our Apology

We want to apologize for not doing a blog entry for almost three weeks.  Obviously, this past month has been busier than typical.

We've been doing some activities, getting outside to enjoy some lovely spring weather (has anyone else been doing the 30x30 Nature Challenge?) and Little Knitter has been on the move keeping this knitting household busy.. and keeping us from knitting (and blogging!).

We've got so many things to get caught up on... but for today, we'll just show you the pictures from our big group tag all taken in the daylight.

Check back later this weekend though, we're reveal that surprise we hinted at!

More Was Left On Sunday

I have to apologize.... it's been so busy around here with schoolwork, Easter, travelling, and some volunteer work I've been helping out with that I haven't managed to blog in a week and a half... but more importantly, I haven't been able to show you the rest of the tags that were left in Confederation Park!  So, let's get right to it!!

Piece By YOMama:

Piece By Knitting Rainbow Dash:

Piece By Superknitter:

Pieces By Stitchy Mama:

Piece By knitja mama:

 The park was very colourful and cheerful by the end of Sunday.


Stay tuned though... we're not done.  We still have more pictures coming your way!!

And What Was Left There Saturday...

Did you really think that was all???

Saturday also brought another tag to the park.

Piece By Mother Of Purl:

Check back again... there will be more, but we're going to leave you hanging again.

Mission Complete - Guest Post By KnitMama

The Mission - Cheer up the world, one yarn bombing at a time.

The Knitting Kninjas came up with a plan to get the ball rolling on this mission.  We needed to yarn bomb a busy, public location.

Place - Confederation Park, Peterborough, ON (for those of you not local to the area, this park is right across from City Hall)

Date - Friday, April 4th, 2014

Time - 7:00

So.. this task is complete... but have we accomplished our mission?  I would say to complete it, we only needed to physical do the plan.  But to accomplish it, we need to have evidence that our plan did indeed bring cheer to the world.  Let's examine the evidence...

Item #1

The group has formed and it's attracted kids and adults... most of the kids are just learning to knit for the very first time in their life... this is a definite source of cheer for the knitting adults in their life... who doesn't get cheered up while seeing an art they love being passed on to the next generation?

Item #2

Friday night, at the park there were seven children and six adults who gathered to yarn bomb together.  During out time together putting up our tags, much laughter was heard, there was excitement in the air... definitely bringing cheer to that group.

Item #3

Last weekend, leading up to the tag and then quite a bit afterwards, there was much messaging, picture sharing and retelling of the adventure going on.... a fun cheerful break from the regular mundane day to day stuff!

Item #4

Sunday, some more members of our group added to the the group tag in the park, while there, they saw people stopping and admiring the tags and taking pictures.... definite evidence that our work is spreading cheer.

Item #5

While KninjaNeedles8 and I were at the park earlier this week taking pictures of the tags in the sunshine, we got stopped by a passerby asking if we had knit them, I quickly just responded with "'We're just taking pictures" (well., we were... we weren't knitting anything right then!), she replied with how fabulous she thought the tags were and how she'd been by earlier to check them all out.  She sounded very upbeat and cheerful about her experience.

Item #6

You.. right now!  You are here, reading our blog.. in anticipation I'm sure of when we're going to reveal to you what our tags look like!  We have cheered up some of our readers!

 

 

 

With all that evidence, I think we can safely assume that we not only completed our mission, but we also accomplished it!

So... this is the last post before KninjaNeedles8 will reveal to the blog world what all our tags look like.  At last count, I believe we had 22 different tags... so.. be prepared to have a smile brought to your face while you see the wonderful creations that she'll share.

Trying To Not Get Arrested - Guest Post By E.C.K.nista

I was going to bail…’cause I always bail…but I decided to go because this mission was JUST TOO IMPORTANT!  It was raining AGAIN, and our city really needed some cheering up.

So, I parked, looking furtively around, thinking of my husbands parting words “don’t get arrested” and spotted the rest of the gang on the far side at the rendezvous location (if only I could read instructions).

By the time I got there things were starting to look absolutely beautiful.  The dull, wet day became a beautiful rainbow of colour.  

I got my piece stitched onto the bench (it is very tough sewing with freezing cold hands and wet wool!), then enjoyed taking pictures and helping where I was needed.

I was thrilled to have gone. 

G.B. (aka Good bye)

E.C.K. nista

My Very First Tag - Guest Post By Knitting Mermaid

On Friday night we were going to our big tag night in the rain.

Beforehand, I had knit my piece. It was done and ready to go to it's new home.

I was going to put it on the arm of a bench.

It was going to be a nice place for my tag.

I couldn't wait to see it in place.

KnitMama started to seam it first to show me how it was done and then she let me, Knitting Mermaid, have a turn.

And then after I had done almost all of the seam and I was almost at the end, KnitMama took over and finished the job.

Then it was complete.

It was so great see it.

I hope you enjoy it.

I hope the Man In The Tan Coat comes and visits the park and sees how the rainbow comes to life!