Cro-shay-ing.
Not to be confused with croquet, the silly (yet ridiculously fun) British game that had to have been created by someone who right up walked out of a pub.
It's a wonderful thing, working yarn back and forth, feeling the cramp building up in your fingers as you meticulously construct each knot, as if every single one were the only thing that mattered and then finally, after hours of work and re-starts, you see your finished product!
Ok, so maybe it's crooked or a little too tight for your roommate's head and the left side is longer than the right side, or maybe the right side is totally missing altogether, but you crafted it. You! It is the fruit of your fingers, the homemade humbleness of your hands; and there is no limit to the possibilities of what you can do!
A recent hobby that I have stumbled upon and am anxiously awaiting to try is so affectionately referred to as "Yarn Bombing". It's goal is activism; it's target- anything and everything. Statues, street signs, mailboxes, parking meters, telephone booths, bikes, buses, tanks. Wherever yarn can be placed, there yarn will be found. It is knit graffiti, born of two women who have a passion to knit/crochet and with extra yarn on their hands.It's spreading!
All over the world, people are catching wind of this covert operation of urban beautification and pitching in their needles and patterns then heading out to adorn the nearest city scape with colorful caches of creativity. There is even a book with tips on how to be a stealthy knitting ninja while expressing your inner graffiti artista (or artisto, masculine form) out in the world.
It's cheap and easy so grab some knitting needles or crochet hooks and join the yarn bombing
revolution!Or, if that's too daring and adventurous for you, start practicing and building up your moral by checking out these great how to crochet videos at Expert Village.
