Comments on: Yarn bombers strike again on public art in Berkeley http://www.berkeleyside.com/2010/07/07/yarn-bombers-strike-again-in-berkeley/ News and notes on our city Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:51:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: More adventures in knitting: yarn bombing Berkeley – Berkeleyside http://www.berkeleyside.com/2010/07/07/yarn-bombers-strike-again-in-berkeley/comment-page-1/#comment-8154 More adventures in knitting: yarn bombing Berkeley – Berkeleyside Thu, 08 Jul 2010 22:47:25 +0000 http://www.berkeleyside.com/?p=11506#comment-8154 [...] we reported on the addition of a tailor-made knitted cover to part of one of the sculptures located on the I-80 [...] [...] we reported on the addition of a tailor-made knitted cover to part of one of the sculptures located on the I-80 [...]

]]> By: Chris http://www.berkeleyside.com/2010/07/07/yarn-bombers-strike-again-in-berkeley/comment-page-1/#comment-8149 Chris Thu, 08 Jul 2010 22:00:59 +0000 http://www.berkeleyside.com/?p=11506#comment-8149 Those sculptures have to be the ugliest waste of money I've seen in a long time... The money would've been much better spent on a wall to keep all the I-80 noise out of aquatic park. Love the yarn bombers though! Those sculptures have to be the ugliest waste of money I’ve seen in a long time… The money would’ve been much better spent on a wall to keep all the I-80 noise out of aquatic park. Love the yarn bombers though!

]]> By: Felicity http://www.berkeleyside.com/2010/07/07/yarn-bombers-strike-again-in-berkeley/comment-page-1/#comment-8137 Felicity Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:26:41 +0000 http://www.berkeleyside.com/?p=11506#comment-8137 hoping someone makes a knitted cozy for s-hertogenbosch (that's the sculpture at the corner of addison and shattuck). hoping someone makes a knitted cozy for s-hertogenbosch (that’s the sculpture at the corner of addison and shattuck).

]]> By: Berto http://www.berkeleyside.com/2010/07/07/yarn-bombers-strike-again-in-berkeley/comment-page-1/#comment-8133 Berto Thu, 08 Jul 2010 17:14:52 +0000 http://www.berkeleyside.com/?p=11506#comment-8133 First I have to say I really like those sculptures. Second, I love the yarn bombing addition. I saw it on my way home last night and knew I had to see what Berkeleyside had on it. First I have to say I really like those sculptures. Second, I love the yarn bombing addition. I saw it on my way home last night and knew I had to see what Berkeleyside had on it.

]]> By: jafabrit http://www.berkeleyside.com/2010/07/07/yarn-bombers-strike-again-in-berkeley/comment-page-1/#comment-8124 jafabrit Thu, 08 Jul 2010 13:30:33 +0000 http://www.berkeleyside.com/?p=11506#comment-8124 LOL, how apropos :) LOL, how apropos :)

]]> By: cori kesler http://www.berkeleyside.com/2010/07/07/yarn-bombers-strike-again-in-berkeley/comment-page-1/#comment-8117 cori kesler Thu, 08 Jul 2010 05:24:06 +0000 http://www.berkeleyside.com/?p=11506#comment-8117 Glad those hideous things are being covered up with hand knitting ( which, IMHO, is infinitely more representative of Berkeley than the sculptures. ) Glad those hideous things are being covered up with hand knitting ( which, IMHO, is infinitely more representative of Berkeley than the sculptures. )

]]> By: TN http://www.berkeleyside.com/2010/07/07/yarn-bombers-strike-again-in-berkeley/comment-page-1/#comment-8095 TN Wed, 07 Jul 2010 19:49:20 +0000 http://www.berkeleyside.com/?p=11506#comment-8095 I agree with Tracy's description of the sculptures as "imposing" in various of its meanings. The yarn can only improve them. I agree with Tracy’s description of the sculptures as “imposing” in various of its meanings.

The yarn can only improve them.

]]> By: deirdre http://www.berkeleyside.com/2010/07/07/yarn-bombers-strike-again-in-berkeley/comment-page-1/#comment-8094 deirdre Wed, 07 Jul 2010 19:26:35 +0000 http://www.berkeleyside.com/?p=11506#comment-8094 Somewhere behind some Berkeley dumpster, Bansky dervishes away with his crochet hook. I plan to wander the streets late at night looking for someone wearing a suspiciously-ornate woolen ski mask -- then I'll yank it off -- and the world will at last know the truth. Somewhere behind some Berkeley dumpster, Bansky dervishes away with his crochet hook. I plan to wander the streets late at night looking for someone wearing a suspiciously-ornate woolen ski mask — then I’ll yank it off — and the world will at last know the truth.

]]> By: Tracey Taylor http://www.berkeleyside.com/2010/07/07/yarn-bombers-strike-again-in-berkeley/comment-page-1/#comment-8090 Tracey Taylor Wed, 07 Jul 2010 19:01:00 +0000 http://www.berkeleyside.com/?p=11506#comment-8090 Anyone have photos of the knitted signs on Solano? Please send them in to Berkeleyside if you do. Anyone have photos of the knitted signs on Solano? Please send them in to Berkeleyside if you do.

]]> By: Jane Tierney http://www.berkeleyside.com/2010/07/07/yarn-bombers-strike-again-in-berkeley/comment-page-1/#comment-8089 Jane Tierney Wed, 07 Jul 2010 18:59:42 +0000 http://www.berkeleyside.com/?p=11506#comment-8089 I've seen this on Solano, and wondered what it was. I must say I prefer this type of "art" over tagging and graffiti. I’ve seen this on Solano, and wondered what it was. I must say I prefer this type of “art” over tagging and graffiti.

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