Photo by Judy DeHaas, The Denver Post
As I read this article this morning, I thought of 1) what a difference the little touches of beauty in life can make, and 2) what a great idea for G.G., even though she might do it in knitting, not crocheting. And I know she would need to wait until she has finished her gazillion Super Bowl scarves.
From today's Denver Post:
Her street name is "Esther."
She and her masked, hook-wielding crochet cronies have taken responsibility for the yarn bomb along a block of 16th Street between Wewatta and Union Station in Denver.
Her gang of five, also known as the Ladies Fancywork Society, made a chain-link fence warm and fuzzy, covering it with 30 panels, each 12 feet long and some 8 feet high, of crocheted flowers and garden creatures.
Blooms of vivid pinks, reds, yellows, greens, blues, purples cling to silvery metal.It took six weeks to make the handiwork and 20,000 zip ties to attach it.
The crocheted garden sounds wonderful - I'll have to go down there and visit - but there is more!
Carol: What a great post! It makes me want to come to Denver just to see the fence. 20,000 twist ties is what made me laugh out loud, though. What a fun project. I'll have to keeo it on the back burner for when I get sick of blue and white yarn. A fence! I'm gonna be giggling all day!
ReplyDeleteCome on over, G.G.! We can walk along the fence together!
ReplyDeleteI can only imagine what you're going to come up with, once your scarves are all done... ;-)
Apparently some are balking at the price tag. But I think its neat. Too bad it doesn't last forever.
ReplyDeleteOtowi,
ReplyDeleteYeah, it wasn't cheap. I think the results are priceless, though.
That's an exciting project of love and reaching out to people. What a blessing to hav such creative people in a city.
ReplyDeleteNick,
ReplyDeleteIt sure is! I like it when we do things for joy and beauty instead of just for functionality.
I have been having so much fun coming back here just to look at this amazing fence. I might have to snag some photos of it off the web. I get the biggest kick out of how cheery it really is! Thanks for bringing it to my attention. I've been enjoying it!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful thing to do! Gotta spread that joy!
ReplyDeleteG.G., Thanks for stopping by to visit the fence again. I look forward to hearing about the fence you create in a few years - after all of the Super Bowl Scarves are done! ;-)
ReplyDeleteA & N,
ReplyDeleteYeah, it's amazing how much joy is being spread all over the world. Just can't usually find it in the news...