Day 348 #Project365

December 13, 2012 by [ayu]

The Mulley Street Yarn-a-thon was today. I’ve written about this event in a post back in August, at the beginning of it. Some of people from the local community, the students of schools involved in the project, even the ACT Chief Minister were there. The gathering was to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the big and horrible bush fire of 2003 in Canberra. The trees and the close surrounding area were, as promised and intended, ‘bombed’with yarns. It’s quite an […]

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Day 221 #Project365

August 8, 2012 by [ayu]

In need of a new word(s)? How about yarn bombing?  Yarn bombing is basically what you see in the photo here, and it’s not exclusively for trees, apparently. Yarn bombing is creating knitting, crocheting, weaving etc and wrapping the area, that includes trees, fences, and tennis courts. This project is a community initiative to commemorate the bush fire in the area back in 2003. It’s officially called The Mulley Street Yarnathon (another new word for me!). So, the residents in […]

Categories: Events, iPhonegraphy, Project 365 - 2012, telling stories • Tags: Canberra, community project, Project 365 - 2012, yarn bombing, Yarnathon