14 Yarnstory - Girl 1st Edition 11th June 2011

"Girl"
My 1st ever Yarnstory!!! Sooo exciting!!!

This is the first edition: complete with handwritten golden tags!

Yarnstory is something I created to help merge my love of creative writing and my love of yarnbombing! A unique project that I'm very proud of and keen to explore further!
Hope everyone enjoys!

1

A single tear runs down her cheek as she fixes the bow in her hair.

She knows she can’t go back.

2

She casts her mind back to happier times, sitting in the meadow eating strawberries.

These were the days she longed for.

3

All she has left now are the nightmares. Black fragments of shattered dreams.

Dreams that she had once lived for.

4

How she longed to go back.  To live in the good times.

Back before her heart had turned as cold as ice.

5

She looked down at the flowers beneath her feet.  She knew it was over.

It would never be the same again.

6

She unties her bow and lets the red ribbon blow away in the wind.

A new beginning. A new start. A new life.

I really hope you all enjoyed my yarnstory!!!!!

Shadow, Sunshine, Love

Shadow_Stitch

xxx

13 Giraffe Project 11th June 2011

Well, the plan was to make giraffe leg warmers for the giant giraffe statues outside the Omni Centre in Edinburgh. I sat up until 3am to complete these, dashed off to bed then woke up at 5am to go and put the yarnbombs on the Giraffes!

I got there and decided to stitch the yarnbombs onto the legs- this was the first time I've done this, I normally attach things with pipe cleaners! Just as I finished and took a photo, security appeared and made me remove the leg warmers as I didn't have permission to put them there!!! Soooooo gutted!!! I Worked so hard and they looked amazing!!!

No amount of pleading let me keep them there so I had to take them down and I re-housed them on the way home! At least I managed to get a picture!

Hope you guys like them!

All's well that ends well I suppose!

Shadow, Sunshine, Love

Shadow_Stitch

xxx

12 PomPom for PomPom_Project 29th May 2011

Hey Guys.

I left a wee sneaky scruffy pompom for Natalie Jones (@pompom_project on twitter) at her degree show! Check out her website http://www.nataliejonesdesign.co.uk/

Check her out! You can check out her exhibition at Napier Merchiston Campus in Edinburgh Friday 27 May - Sunday 5 June.

Hope you all like my scruffy PomPom.

Got exciting projet coming up soon! International Yarnbomb Day on June 11th and the debut of Yarnstory!!!!

Shadow,Sunshine,Love.

Shadow_Stitch

xxx

11 Disasters & Delights 25th May 2011

Hey!

This post stemmed from leftovers and disasters from other projects and ideas!

Some were just disasters, other turned out to be delights!

Hope you enjoy!

A wee pink candy on corner of Lothian Road/Princes Street.

A yellow bobble flower at the entrance to Princes Street Gardens.

A wee bracelet left on Princes Street.

A pink flower left on a green man crossing on Princes Street.

A small red heart left on a statue at the top of Princes Street Gardens.

A Hooded Pom Pom Flower left on railings on Princes Street.

I hope you all like. I'm busy working on projects for International Yarnbombing Day on 11th June! Hopefully will be doing 3 projects including my new concept: Yarnstorys!!!

Look out for it soon! You can check Facebook and Twitter for teaser posts on Part 1 and Part 2 of Yarnstory.

Shadow, Sunshine, Love.

Shadow_Stitch

xxx

10 Yarncake Canadian Roadtrip May/June 2011

Hey Guys,

This is AWESOME!!!

A wonderful lady named Shona Boardman found my little yarncake on Princes Street in Edinburgh and has decided to take it on a Canadian Roadtrip! I am soooooo excited!

Here  is what Shona has to say:

“So one day about a month ago, I was wandering along Princes Street on a Sunday evening and I found this little knitted cake on the fence along Princes Street gardens. Someone had made it and had placed it there early that morning. I took it off the fence and read the label and went home and logged on to the website that was written on the label. And I discovered that someone knits these little gems and then places them in different spots for the sole reason to brighten someone's day. So the knitted cake is on a journey across a good part of Canada. I will leave it somewhere and hopefully someone else will find it and take it on more travels...”

A massive thank you to Shona!

Hope you like:

The Farewell kiss!

Left for a passing stranger!!!

All tucked up ready to surprise the world again!!!

A massive MASSIVE Thank You to Shona!!!!!! This has been EPIC!!!! So proud that my wee yarncake got the chance to travel the world! Who knows? Maybe we shall hear from him again in the future! I certainly hope so!

Shadow, Sunshine, Love

Shadow_Stitch

xxx