International Yarn Bombing Day

Two of us (and a small army of hubby and kids!) had a great time in Hanley, Stoke on Trent, today. We parked at the bottom end of town and began our stealth mode ascent into town. Beginning at the Potteries Museum was a good tactic. We thought that a bench needed a special touch right outside. Maybe weary travellers coming to veiw the Staffordshire Hoard could have a little rest and a smile before entering the 'free' museum? A lizard now takes pride of place on the arm of the bench with a little tag at the other end for company.......

We made our way through the seated area at the back of the Bethseda Chapel. There stands a beautiful statue of mother and child. Yarnsy (one of our taggers) had a made a chain. This would be the perfect place for it. Maybe to signify the 'soft chains of motherhood' or 'the chains that bind all mothers together' or maybe just to make someone smile!

From there we did a little cream tag on some railings.....

and a couple of phone boxes....

 These phone boxes were not as difficult to finish. We had as much time as we wanted and plenty of cover. The glass on the phone booths had posters on that hid us really well.

The tree bands that we did were the most fun! In broad daylight with passers by puzzling, the sun shining and us laughing! I can't wait until we hit the road with a full tree cosy. We just need to find a good tree. Maybe you have one near you? Let us know....

 This one sits outside a coffe bar, near to MacDonalds. Right after we'd done it a guy stood looking at it whilst eating his sausage roll. That made US smile!

I'm hoping that this one will be adopted and looked after by the chaity shop we put it in front of. Who knows though? They might not even be there tomorrow!

My personal favourite of the day was this bobbly rectangle. We always buy a big issue from Dave who stands here. We made him laugh when he saw what we were up to. A passer buy commented on it before it was even stitched on. She said, 'What a great idea! Much nicer than the usual rubbish!' When I told her it was grafitti for ladies she laughed loudly and exclaimed,'Its about time we had something!!'

Another couple.......

One donated by a friend. A neat bunch of 3 flags.

A cute little band around a great lampost....