Astoria Visual Arts to yarn bomb Astoria
ASTORIA — Astoria Visual
Arts is sponsoring the instal-
lation of the second annual
Astoria Yarn Bomb.
The yarn bomb will take
place June 19, 20 and 21. In-
stallation will start June 19
in the morning at Astoria Vi-
sual Arts and should be fin-
ished by Sunday afternoon.
Yarn bombing — also
known as yarn storming,
guerrilla knitting, urban
knitting or graffiti knitting
— is a type of graffiti or
street art in which colorful
displays of knitted or cro-
cheted yarn is used to cov-
er ordinary outdoor objects,
such as trees, utility poles,
fences, doors, etc.
Astoria Visual Arts in-
vites knitters, crocheters and
others to participate. Knit-
ting groups are invited to
consider choosing a spot of
downtown Astoria to adopt.
The best yarns to use are
cheap synthetic yarns, such
as Red Heart. The fiber arts
academy has donated yarn
available to work on proj-
ects, and yarn donations are
gladly accepted; drop them
off at 1296 Duane St. The
academy is open between
noon and 4 p.m. on week-
ends.
In particular, organizers
seek:
• Small items to be staged
on larger backgrounds. The
larger background pieces
will be set up June 19 and
begging for landscape.
• Volunteers to begin put-
ting up backgrounds on June
19.
• Themed items like flow-
ers for spring and summer or
nautical items such as fish,
coral, etc. Organizers are
also looking for flotsam and
jetsam for a net yarn bomb
set up.
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Knitters, crocheters invited to help cover downtown in yarn
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Yarn bomb organizers are seeking detail
objects, such as flowers, animals or nauti-
cal knit items to dress up larger knit pieces.
A tree is cozy in its yarn bomb apparel in
downtown Astoria.
rescue from what was up last
year and have been collect-
ing more crochet items, so
we have an impressive stash
of large pieces,” says Mar-
garet Thierry of Astoria Fi-
ber Arts Academy.
Any store that wants to
be decorated should contact
503-325-5598 or email As-
toriaYarnBomb@gmail.com
The yarn bomb will stay
up for one month on pub-
lic places. Items on private
places, such as store fronts,
can stay up until the own-
er asks for them to be re-
moved.
Submitted photo by Amy Danger
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