Belated April Fool Outing

I got together with my Stitch and Bitch group on April 1st to do an easter / fool's day Yarn Bomb outing but it was so wet and miserable we couldn't bring ourselves to dampen the fun we had before - and Creativity just ain't the same when under obligation so we gathered again last night - 15th April - to put out some colour and had a real laugh.

She-who-shall-be-know-as Phantomstitch had made some very eastery chicks and a bonnet and we were gutted to have not got them out over the easter holidays, but she started the proceedings by placing one at The Swan at Hay where we gather for our Stitch and Bitch and we giggled so much...

Then we headed up into town.

On the way past The Hay Cinema Bookshop I decided to decorate a beautiful Silver Birch with a demi-Madonna-bra-type-thing, um...

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As we meandered further into town. She-who-shall-be-know-as Black Widow placed the first of her tags and it really suited the shop it was placed on,

Because one of the gang had previously found She-who-shall-be-know-as Black Widow's blue bag on the floor that had been on the tree by the library since Halloween, her daughter decided to re-bomb it here,

Then as we walked past Flow and there was a perfect little hook for me to place a colour co-ordinated flower on...

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Then as we walked past the Honesty Bookshop, joy-of-joys we spotted an improvised anonymous bomb (ish) - well it is made of Yarn!

Now it was time for one of the cutest tags ever... She-who-shall-be-know-as Phantomstitch's little speckled hen, which was nimbly placed on top of the railings by She-who-shall-be-know-as Missknit's young daughter (both Missknit and her daughter joined us but hadn't brought their tags with them so they helped with placement)...

Another beautiful rose by She-who-shall-be-know-as Black Widow perfectly place above the door of Monica, again, nicely colour co-ordinated!

...meanwhile She-who-shall-be-know-as Phantomstitch was adorning the Red Cross shop - don't these girrrls understand that I can't be taking pictures in two places at once?....... ; )

My next one was a knob decoration on the gates to the Butter Market...

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and while I was doing that one She-who-shall-be-know-as Phantomstitch was placing her bonnet on the opposite gates - so cute, we all giggled over this one...

The next must-do for me was Goosey Gander and I had a perfectly pink flower to match the decor and the owners ; ) Quote of the evening from She-who-shall-be-know-as Missknit whilst balancing precariously trying to put this up for me... "I'm 45 - I shouldn't be doing stuff like this at my age!"

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Edited to add:  

Ahhhh, I went to see if this had lasted and thought it was gone until I spotted it ON THE INSIDE!!! I am so chuffed they liked it enough to give it sanctuary : )

...then just around the corner to place an ideal mobile phone cosy for a teenager to snaffle...

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opposite, on the knocker of the Hay Makers, She-who-shall-be-know-as Black Widow hung another colour- matched flower pouch - a great snaffle for someone with an iPod nano or an iPhone ; ) ...

and another lovely pouch from She-who-shall-be-know-as Black Widow, 

hung from the door of The Bear , a bit blurry as the wind was playing with it...

... and while I was photographing that one she had already tagged Addyman's Bookshop (with the help of young and nimble "daughter-of-Missknit" again)

As I took those pics, behind me She-who-shall-be-know-as Phantomstitch was busy attaching a sweet little tag that looks like a small window box to a door frame next to Murder and Mayhem...

Then I spotted an opportunity to tag a small digger - we have had workmen digging up the streets of Hay for months now, leaving holes and machinery and rubbish around looking rather ugly and in need of beautifying...

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Last but not least, She-who-shall-be-know-as Phantomstitch placed her last little chick 

on a strange piece of pipe...

'Twas a shame that She-who-shall-be-know-as Missknit and She-who-shall-be-know-as Elen the Stitcher were unable to contribute this time, and She-who-shall-be-know-as Agent Crocheteur was satisfied with just hanging out with us, but a lot of fun was had by all : ) Also on the way back to the Swan we passed the railings that the speckled Hen was placed on and it had gone already... nearby some teenagers seemed to be acting as if they had some knowledge of it's demise, and She-who-shall-be-know-as Missknit pursued them for interrogation but they slipped away.

Hope the locals enjoyed their town this morning.

P.S. I went round town with my son spotting which Tags were surviving this morning and was so chuffed to see one in action (so-to-speak) *chortle* ...

Happy Birthday Arthur's Dad!

This is a special Yarn Bomb requested by Arthur's Mum to celebrate the 65th birthday of Arthur's Dad, I do hope you like it R.


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Feel free to take it into the back garden if you think it may get stolen : )

6th Outing - Spring is in the Air!

After spending the morning laying with my son on our lawn watching at the clouds form reindeer, and three-pronged boomerangs (?...!) whilst waiting for our new trampoline to arrive and hubby to come home early to put it up, I sneaked off while he was ticking off all the contents of the three boxes that had arrived and went up town to celebrate the first of March and the sunshine with a small yarnbombing spree : )

First I went to Hay Wholefoods. They loved the Pumpkin for Halloween (Tag #19) and had asked for some Snowflakes for winter but with various distractions over the last couple of months I didn't get it done so at last they have a Daffodil - and there is a distinct lack of them around here so far so hopefully today's Sun will encourage them out!

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A friend of mine got married on this date and her flowers were Daffodils, her mum and aunt own The Granary so I celebrated by adding a daffodil motif to the window railings on the cafe that I have been meaning to place for ages.

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...and because I always bomb in three's....... and the Sun was still shining..... and I didn't think that the Trampoline would be finished yet (wikkid laugh) I wandered around until a drainpipe I had never even noticed before tried to hide from my sight, he had obviously managed to play chameleon whilst watching me decorate other objects in his sight many times before, but this time his number was up. This was the first Tag I placed on something that seemed so shy it almost didn't want to be tagged..... that was until I slipped on the perfect piece - like Cinderella's slipper - and then you just couldn't hold him back, the sun shone on him and he positively bloomed... especially as his colours perfectly complemented the decor of Shepherd's Ice Cream Parlour. What do you think? By the way - this is by far the best ice-cream in the world, not least because it is cow-free and can be served in a gluten-free cone  which is fab for my son, and the range of flavours are exquisite! 

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