Just wanted to share this. :)

I love finding stories online about people learning to knit, crochet or other needle craft.
Came across this the other day and thought i would share it with you guys.



http://www.parentcentral.ca/parent/education/article/914814--boys-and-girls-bond-in-high-school-s-knitting-club

If you guys have any awesome stories like this or whatever feel free to share them and i'll post them up here on my blog. :)

Grandma's Beads

Lookie! My Mom gave me something awesome that was my grandmothers. These beads came from my dad's mom. (oh why does such a crazy lady have to have such mad skills, maybe i can find that photo of her at her pipe organ she rebuilt)
Like a lot of things in life. This starts with one thing and ends with something else. Takes a sec to explain.  :)

First it started with a baby. Then family going and seeing the baby.
To explain something first, my family is spread over 3 states. We are in Washington, Bro is in Oklahoma and Sis, Mum and the rest are in Oregon.

Everyone in Oregon made plans to see the baby in Oklahoma. We couldnt... (poor)
A few weeks before them heading out I got a call asking if the trip was payed for would we come down to cat sit for my sister. It was Mom, feeling bad about us not being able to go but knowing someone was needed to watch a small army of kittys.

During the call she said that she found some of grandma's beads. Which at the time I thought she was talking about the weird plastic ones she had later in life. In any case Mom said she wanted me to have them. In truth I wasn't so sure I wanted them... In a nutshell I was thinking of the wrong beads.

The  night before they left Mom came to me and left on the table two bags, a small coffee can and a old old candy box. She made a comment that I should wait until after they left so I could have some time to enjoy them.

I walked over and looked. I opened up the box and knew right away what i was looking at. In these bags, candy tin and can, where the old glass beads I wasn't allowed to handle when I was a child. 99% of these are over 70 plus years old.

I opened the containers, like they would break with just a touch. Opening little bags and looking at the skill that went into these things.  One bag held necklaces, and an other held beaded leaves.

What was in the candy tin.

No idea how long it took to make some of this stuff.

One of the craziest things she ever made where her beaded purses.

 Im really excited to get these things. And dont worry all my feelings aren't hurt from getting to see the baby yet. If things work out we may get to go at Christmas time. Which between you and me gives me more time to finish gifts. :)



In yarn, randomness and this time, awesome beads.
YBGenny

I'm baaaack!!!

Sorry everyone for being gone for so long!
I'm still alive but I've let the blog lurk un-updated for months. Well no more!!!
I'm going to challenge myself to update at lest once a week. So keep dropping by to look for new goodies.
Theres going to be more going on here then just yarn bombing (still a lot though ;) ).
But going to make this more a normal blog about what random things are out there.
If nothing else i going to work at making this thing fun to read.

Oh! Almost forgot! Along with the updates, new kind of posts and etc. There are going to be some GIVEAWAYS!!!!
Craft Supply's, Random stuff, Old school patterns. :)
etc, etc :)

So a lot to come. :) And open to ideas so feel free to post here or find me on face book. (yarnbomb genny or yarnbombgenny@yahoo.com)

In randomness and yarn, YBGenny

My Birthday yarn bomb photos!

Here are the photos from my late night yarn bombing party! :D
As others around the world were out making their towns more colorful, me and a friend (plus one friend she kid napped) spent our time being what we are... weird :D

The order of my hits!

Birthday @ 4:30.
     Hanging out at Hearth and yarn bombed a lamp.

After a thing of coffee @ Atticus went to game night then ran off with a friend to go on her first yarn bombing party :D
(oh and her friend she kidnapped, hes behind the tree hiding from the camera)

10:30 ish11ish, something ish
River Front Park, The Runners

Thank you Spokane for having such awesome random public art work. And to the guy who made the runners thank you too, you made my birthday fun. xD

All the running statues are naked, at lest this one isn't anymore.

Love this shot

Had a little helper with a spiffy hat

First tree cozy woohoo!

you will see this blue thing later

Size 50 knitting needles + birthday yarn party = no more pink yarn in my apartment! yes!!

Last one of the night.

The smoke is from us breathing in the cold cold air... or the thing is haunted

After the fun in the park we left and dropped off her poor friend that had to put up with us and we went to a market to grab some snacks and I had to do a special yarn tag.

In the mess of photos I've gotten from around the world one set i thought was funny were the ones of the apple, pear and potato wearing hats. (look at the post before this to see photos)

So in honor of them I give you bananas with scarf!

 

Thank you so much to Flora Nora for spending my birthday with me and for thinking of

bringing your camera! 

And thank you everyone that took part or are still taking part (sillys) !!!!!

(what do you all think anyway, please comment)

As aways, in randomness and yarn

YarnBomb Genny :)

Photos from world wide yarncrawl!

Thank you everyone that took part in my birthday party. 

It really meant a lot to me that so many would take part, and I was blown away by how skilled and gifted everyone was in the making and placement of yarn bombs!

Me and a friend went out on my birthday and yarn bombed stuff 95% of it was done were it was dark so my cell phone camera couldn't take photos. Happily she thought to bring her camera. ^-^;

But I don't have them yet but I'll make a new post later after I get them! :D

Here are some of the photos I've gotten from around the world

Enjoy :D

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My First one!  

When i got this a day or two before my birthday, I was so happy. I felt like if no one else did it or posted photos that was ok. 

I was aglow :)

By: ръчни красоти 

(I think from Bulgaria)

Here's their blog

  http://yarn-street-art.blogspot.com/2011/01/walking-stick.html

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Awesome job ladies!

By: Graffiti Granny's

From: Cornwall

You can find them on twitter

http://twitter.com/graffitigrannys

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 These are done by one of the most gifted lady's I've had the honor to meet online.

She covered what looks like a good part of a park.

I've picked out some of the photos she sent me enjoy :D

 By: Didi Pavlova  

 From: Bulgaria
Update: Here's her blog,  
 http://rakavichka.blogspot.com/

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 I loved these, these were done by a mother and her little one

they made hats and hit and placed them on the apples, pears and potatoes at local super market.

Someone tell me how you can not smile when you see a potato with a hat on it!

By: Jill B

From: Alabama, Usa

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Love these! My birthday is the day after author Robert Burns,

So Pixie Knit knitted up a copy of one of his books, and 

Placed it on a park bench by a museum that houses a 

on going exhibit to him.

I love it <3

By: Pixie Knit

 From: Scotland 

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This one is fun, I love how that one alpaca looks like it isnt sure whats on its gate. 

By: Faerielady

From: Somewhere in a herd of alpacas

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This is fun, got photos from friends that yarn bombed things in their own yards.

Mail box's, fences, bird baths ect ect

fun idea isnt? xD

By: Tia Nisi

From: Colorado, Usa

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This is only a taste of what I've gotten!

Thank you everyone again!

On my birthday I felt special, and wowed that 

somewhere out there

Someone was wrapping something with yarn 

for someone they never met.

My birthday wish is that you all be blessed, for blessing me on my birthday!

In love, randomness and yarn.

Yarnbomb Genny

P.s.

And thank you everyone that sent in your soda photos too :D

By: A good friend :D

From: British Columbia

YarnBomb Gennys' Yarn Crawl!

I made an event on facebook for my birthday. If you would like to join in the fun heres the info, the more the marryer!
Link to event page :D

Time	Tuesday, January 25 · 12:00am - 11:30pm
Location	Everywere!
Created By	YarnBomb Genny, Didi Pavlova, Sandy Ryan
More Info	A call out to all my friends! The the arty to the crafty! To the board! No matter were you are! My birthday is on the 25th, and i decided for my birthday to invite all of you to a yarn crawl! ... On the day of my birthday (or at lest in the week of) I and who ever wants to join me, shall go for a yarn crawl! What is a yarn crawl?? Its like a bar crawl only we are all going to hit the streets and yarn bomb! You heard me, we are all going to yarn bombing!!! Grab you knitting needles and crochet hooks and hit up your local street lamp, park bench and ect. Does that staute look cold? Make it a scarf! Does the parking meter look blah? Make it a cozy! Just dont cover over any signs or important things that will get you in trouble. (i'm not responsible for you guy but please dont do anything unwise) Just take photos if you can! (it will be cool to see what everyone does) (if you dont know what yarn bombing or yarn storming is) Yarn bombing, yarnbombing, graffiti knitting, guerrilla knitting, or yarnstorming is a type of graffiti or street art that employs colorful displays of knitted or crocheted cloth rather than paint or chalk. While yarn installations – called yarn bombs or yarnstorms – may last for years, they are considered non-permanent, and, unlike graffiti, can be easily removed if necessary. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yarn_bombing And if you dont want to take part or dont knit or crochet. Grab a soda and injoy your January 25 :D

October Rewind (in a nutshell)

As alot of you know I went down to Oregon for a maybe 2 week trip to see family around the end of September. Which as some of you know became a MONTH long trip. :)

But I had fun, got to be with family,

 got to be on the radio, yarn bombed a steam engine, played with peoples pets,

Got crafty,

Explored, found a weird building in a graveyard. Put a bet down on what the building was and lost.
(its a restroom not a pump shed)



Scared a love one by daring her to look in the pot.

And just all around madness that comes from having around xD