Yarn bombing for education

So I took some time off from crocheting kindle and iPad cozies to crochet a tree cozy today!  A few Kealing Middle School students were creating a radio documentary, through Texas Folklife, on yarn bombing and knitting groups.  They contacted me as a representative of yarn bombing to help with their radio documentary (Thank you Magda Sayeg and your lovely assistant for referring them to me).  I was joined by The Knitting Nest's owner, Stacy Klaus, a veteran yarn bomber. 

We first met a few weeks ago at their school for interviews.  The girls were very professional and asked a number of interesting questions, like how we felt about yarn bombing as a form of graffiti and what is yarn bombing and why is it important, i.e. not a waste of good yarn.  It was really great having Stacy there to hear another side/viewpoint on yarn bombing.  She's done quite a few projects, including helping with the  Komen, Race for the Cure, pink bra yarn bombing project last fall.  While we were there, the students also decided what they wanted to yarn bomb.  They picked a tree in their courtyard and after taking measurements, we dispersed so we could get our knit/crochet on.

We met again today with our knitted/crocheted fabric in hand.  Between the three students (and their parents/grandparents) Stacy, and myself, we created enough yarn fabric to go around a 40" wide by 60" tall section of the tree. 

Here are two of the students hard at work joining our pieces together.  I love how different each piece is and how great and colorful they looked once sewn together. 

Here's the lovely tree!  I crocheted the blue, green, purple, and yellow striped section towards the top.  It was great to see the other students' reactions as they walked through the courtyard.  Most of them were very excited to see a yarn covered tree. 

The radio documentary should be available sometime in the summer on KUT.  It will be played in the "Stories from Deep in the Heart" series.  I'll post a link to the audio once it becomes available.

Back to crocheting kindle and iPad cozies!