Hope You Enjoyed World Kindness Day

Has anyone spotted these lovely knit items?  These were all placed in front of the Salvation Army on Simcoe Street in Peterborough, ON last night (November 13th, 2014), by some of our Kninjas.

A hat made by The Detangler

A hat made by KnitMama and a scarf made by The Knotty Knitter

A scarf made by The Knotty Knitter

Mittens made by Knitting Diva

Alright, let's start at the beginning.  So, you know how we've been talking about the secret part of our plan?  That secret was to knit charity items to use for yarn bombs (we got the idea from this yarn bomb which took place just last year in Ottawa, ON).

Cowl/Ear-Muff made by Knitting Wonder Woman,
Knitting Mermaid & KnitMama

We chose to yarn bomb these items in a high traffic area yesterday, just in time for some snowy weather to hit (that was just a coincidence!).  But we did choose the day because it was World Kindness Day... what a better way to spread some kindness!











We've got a selection of hats, mitts, cowls and scarves.  We hope that those in need can find their way to them to use.

A hat made by E.C.K.nista

Fingerless mitts made by KnitMama

Mittens made by Knitting Diva

And who knows, maybe we'll be leaving more... somewhere... sometime!  You'll have to stay tuned.  If you've been following the story in the past week, you'll know that you've seen pictures of some items that weren't left at the Salvation Army!

And the cowl made by me, KninjaNeedles8

KNITTING KNINJAS PRESS RELEASE

What We Left In The Park On Friday

So... this is what you've all been waiting for.  We are going to finally reveal to you what all our beautiful tags look like.

You know the story of our night's adventure... but now you can see what everything looked like when we were finished.

Without further ado...


Piece By Knitting Wonder Woman And KnitMama:

Piece By Knitting Mermaid:

Piece By Knitting Yoshi AndThe Detangler:

Pieces By TINKerbell:

 

The two pink ones are one and the same... we just thought it was so great we wanted to include two pictures!

Piece By TINKerbell And Mother Of Purl:

Piece By Knitting BlackOps:

Piece By KninjaNeedles8:

Piece By E.C.K.nista:



Piece By The Detangler:

This is the same piece... just in the dark
with the light reflecting off of it now!

Pieces By KnitMama:

Pieces By Mother Of Purl:

A beautiful piece like Mother Of Purl's cabled tree cozy deserves two pictures too!

Piece By The Purl-ice:

Piece By Winged Warrior:

Again, this is the same piece... we just wanted two pictures.

And we want to share just one last picture.... this is of one of the benches... one that managed to get four tags attached to it.  Check out how cheerful it is:

And remember... due to the rain, some of the Knitting Kninjas were not able to make it out... there were more tags left later on last weekend!  But if you want to see them... you'll have to check back another time (a classic Knitting Kninja cliffhanger!).

Guest post by The Detangler & KnittingYoshi

It was a bright and chilly end-of-March Sunday morning, and The Detangler and KnittingYoshi decided to put up one of their yarn bombs. After filling up with a good breakfast, they headed into the Downtown Core.

KnittingYoshi  couldn't make up his mind as to whether we would stitch our bomb onto a tree or a lamppost, but after scoping out the trees we decided that the trunks were too small and the branches were too high (The Detangler has some height deficiencies!).

With the KnittingYoshi standing guard, and ready with camera in hand, The Detangler got down to business!

(The picture above will give you a great hint as to where the bomb is located!)

The piece had to be stretched significantly, but The Detangler has some very strong muscles! When she finished stitching up the seam, we realized that we had quite a long bit of leftover yarn, and not wanting to waste even a centimeter, we decided to make a quick pompom.

So, The Detangler wrapped the yarn around her fingers over and over and over until there was just enough to tie a knot around the strands, then used her handy-dandy pocket snippers to cut the loops. Voila! Instant pompom!

After attaching the pompom, and the slick tag for identification, we were done!

THE KNITTING KNINJAS STRIKE AGAIN!

Now, can you find this bomb?