Yarn Graffiti

Spotted near the city centre:

We all start to need knitted woolies again for warmth.

Knitting in Wilhelmshaven

Last weekend I spent at a yoga ashram at the North Sea teaching a prenatal yoga training. I travelled via the city of Wilhemshaven and was quite surprised when I left the train station and saw a whole square full of yarn graffiti trees.

I don't know whether you have ever been to Wilhemshaven, but I think it is fair to say that it is a city that is really lacking in the beauty department. So it was a great idea to give this place some adornment.

 

These are just a couple yarn graffitis, there were so much more. But I had a train to catch and only photographed a random selection. And I also found out what there were all about:

They were part of the Wilhelmshaven Street Art Festival (here).

There is hope for Wilhemshaven.

Knitting in Husum

Last weekend we had a large family gathering from my side, in an old barn converted into a guesthouse, up up North in Germany. All my aunts, uncles, cousins and all their loved ones and offspring under one roof (and also my parents and my pregnant sister, of course). It actually rained nearly all of the time, but that didn't spoil the cozy mood. Carolina and Clara just had a blast, running around and playing or sitting at the fire at night.

The town of Husum was about half an hour away and we ventured out once and left the clan for a couple for hours. Called the "grey colourful town at sea" - Husum lived up to its name on this rainy Saturday.

But we had just entered the pedestrian zone, 

when a lot of colour shone our way.

 The Lana Grossa Store Husum.

Wool galore on two floors.

 I was really surprised how large the store was.

The two nice ladies who worked there (one was knitting) didn't want to be in the pictures but told that there is a lot of knitting going on in and around Husum, validating all that wool.

Proof - next store down the precinct:

a book store with this on display:

We walked on and then Hubby pointed out to me:

"Look, yarn graffiti!"

(that man is knitting-conditioned)

And not only one!

The whole street "Neustadt"

got its lamp posts yarn-graffitied:

Oh yeah, big time knitting in Husum.

And three hours of knitting in the car for me.

Cake & Yarn Graffiti

Yesterday after my mama & baby yoga class I felt like cake.

There is a nice café nearby, I hadn't been to for a while.

Now with yarn graffiti in front of it.

Yarn Graffiti

It is not a time when yarn graffiti grows around town right now, but still I found one little creature at the weekend.

Yes, I have seen flowers before here, here or here. And I have also seen mushrooms before here. But I haven't seen them together in one yarn graffiti and I haven't seen this name tag either:

Interesting, interesting ...

I have stopped counting, but over the course of the last 2,5 years I must have witnessed about six or seven different yarn graffiti styles around Oldenburg. What will grow next?

Lost Mushroom

Mushroom collecting time has started... but before you think I get all botanical again, remember it is crafty blogging week.

It happened that I randomly flicked through Oldenburg's local newspaper and read a daily column, where the author writes about a woman who knitted covers for the bollards in front of her house.

Actually, she crocheted them... I found out when I went there.

The newspaper column stated that one of the covers got lost, was stolen, went missing.

Have you seen it?

Love Your Bike and Crochet For It!

Spotted this week in front of the sports club where we go for Carolina's playgroup.

Bike Spring Yarn Graffiti

New (yarn) flowers seen around town:

At the Oldenburg Farmers Market: