yarnbombing! Rowntree Park, York

Not done a stitch towards the pink and dotty. Rather annoyed at myself for that. Actually drove past a vile-berry-thread-shop, twice. Sat a10 mins stroll away from another shop all Saturday and still managed to forget. To make amends I have done a little to the portrait pastiche- the background is deeper, the skirt is richer. Quite like the feet. The task is to decide what else to do and when to stop. Usually get this wrong, but at least I can't make the same mistake as the last time with the purple spencer.

The rest of the time has been taken up with yarn bomb. The event was yesterday and today – a big birthday party for the park with all sorts on, the yarning was a side show.

• 
  
  
  
  The setting was so lovely and so big – a formal garden with ornamental water, flower beds, lawns, even a dovecote gate house. The temptation was to spread everything out – trying to do too much with what we had and end up getting lost in the space. We did fall into this to a certain extent,  but the group's focus was sharing our enthusiasm for making not really on creating an art installation – That's for next  time.
• 
  

The day was lovely, we set up, sat out, picnicked, chatted, carried on making.

Lots of people came into the garden, some with creations to add, some members of other groups, one man kept walking past carrying tables that were larger than he was ( new extreme sport or fashion statement?), others were aiming for the water or the pompom making tent.

But we carried on chatting and sitting. And picnicking.

Hopefully some of the people who stopped to ask will come and join us on our usual Saturdays when we ….. sit and chat and do and make, but have coffee and cakes instead of picnicking.

We already started planning for next year so I hope the organisers thought it was a successful day, we enjoyed it. And the creations – the squares will be made up into blankets for Oxfam to sell, the little flowers are going to be reused in an mini 'bombing' to inspire primary school children to get making and maybe next weekend we might try to attack our usual venue, the library, in honour of the Adam festival! Lots more fun to be had.

Apologies to those whose work I've photographed and haven't credited - get in touch and I'll update. There will be lots more about the day on Ravelry.com  (Acum group)  and on Hippystitch.

Will try to finish the pink and dotty for next week- promise, but it is my last full week at work so I may get distracted.....