"Birmingham In Stitches"

'Feed Me' Parking meter 

I am not always out looking for Phragmites, or attending seminars that keep me updated with the latest information on Phragmite removal or another invasive and how it is impacting our environment. Sometimes, I need to feed my creative soul.  I am a knitter. Taught by my grandmother, I have been knitting for over 50 years. It gives me joy and is less expensive than therapy.... though that can be debated. I do have an awful lot of yarn, buttons and various embellishments in my stash. Doesn't everybody?

 "Birmingham in Stitches" was an event that I participated in on Saturday, September 15th. Yarn bombing as it is called originated in May 2004 in Den Helder, Netherlands. Various interpretations have been cited throughout Europe, Australia, Canada and the United States just to mention a few places.Women in Fargo, North Dakota, were yarn bombing this weekend also, according to my daughter, Julie, who lives there.

My son, Bill, sent to me pictures of  a Yarn Bombing that was taking place in Anderson Park, Redmond Washington this last winter. It was really the first I had ever heard about it, so when the Knitting Room in Birmingham Michigan mentioned that they were part of a project for the downtown Birmingham area, I was in. I committed to knitting two parking meter post covers.

Margaret and Cathy

Clown Lamp post cover

Melanie and Me with her Pom Pom
Meter post cover.

When Saturday arrived, 10 ladies from the Knitting Room arrived early and started to install all the beautiful and very creative pieces on Merrill Street. Curiosity abounded from the Saturday morning pedestrian traffic, including the four-legged variety.

Beautiful Garbage Can

Connie working on a meter post

Pom Pom Meter post

Left Back Row: Julie, Bernie, Connie, Connie, Melanie, Pam
Front Row: Margaret, Kathy, Myself and Carol

                                                                      Fun was had by all!