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Yarn Bombing Made Easy | Michaels. How To Yarn Bomb. I get asked all the time "How do you yarn bomb exactly? " So here's a How To guide on yarn bombing. This is just from my personal experience. Everyone does it differently. Everyone needs to find their own flow. Also keep in mind that I only crochet my yarn bombs. Start with something small like a small pole piece or a granny square and then you'd be done in no time and won't be discouraged with such a large time consuming project. 2. 4. If using only sewing, you run the risk of the piece not staying tied securely to the object. Sewing a tag onto a horizontal object like a banister is fine as it will generally stay well. 8. 9.

More helpful links:What You'll Need To Take When Yarn Bombing Things To Remember About Yarn BombingIdeas For Yarn Bombs To Make Luv Bali. P.S. Not Your Grandma's Knitting: 20 Incredible Yarn Bombs. While certain types of permanent graffiti can be a very beautiful addition to an otherwise bland space, much of the time it's unattractive and a pain to remove. Yarn bombing, however, is a completely different story. Easily removable, yarn bombing focuses less on making a permanent statement and more on lending a sense of warmth to colder spaces. From bike racks to buses, yarn bombers seem to have found a way to add a knit cover to almost any type of outdoor item. Check out 20 of the most impressive, stringy works — they just might inspire you to craft something of your own. Show As Gallery What do you think of this crafty trend? Image: Flickr, waltarrrrr.

2410 × 2297 - artsyforager.wordpress.com 2874 × 1829 - hallscreekfestival.com 611 × 404 - content.time.com 1992 × 1328 - commons.wikimedia.org. 2410 × 2297 - artsyforager.wordpress.com 2874 × 1829 - hallscreekfestival.com 611 × 404 - content.time.com 1992 × 1328 - commons.wikimedia.org. 2410 × 2297 - artsyforager.wordpress.com 2874 × 1829 - hallscreekfestival.com 611 × 404 - content.time.com 1992 × 1328 - commons.wikimedia.org. 2410 × 2297 - artsyforager.wordpress.com 2874 × 1829 - hallscreekfestival.com 611 × 404 - content.time.com 1992 × 1328 - commons.wikimedia.org. We make, install, maintain, and remove the vast majority of our work and almost always get permission to install. We have never “gotten in trouble” or been asked to remove a new yarnbomb.

Our yarnbombs do not damage flora and fauna. Yarnbombing is not a waste of time. Download hi-res images of our work from these Flickr sets or contact us. All images are approved for free cultural works (CC BY 2.0). What does that mean? To commission new work, contact us. View our portfolio here. String art by Lorna Watt. Story Time (or Literary Tubes) by Lorna Watt, Jill Watt, and Magine Slonaker. Buttmunches by Lorna and Jill Watt. Monkey in a Banana Tree by Lorna and Jill Watt. Organic by Lorna Watt. Snakes and Worms by Lorna and Jill Watt.

Curves by Lorna Watt. Squid Tree by Lorna and Jill Watt. Neon string art by Lorna Watt. Brunch series by Lorna and Jill Watt. “Ain’t Nobody Got Time For That” machine knit yarnbomb by Lorna Watt. Machine knit yarnbomb by Lorna Watt. You Don’t Even Know, 2013. How to Yarn Bomb: Tips & Tricks from a Pro. Have you seen trees and statues covered with brightly covered yarn in your neighborhood and wondered how it was done? Or have you seen photos of knitted or crocheted statues online and dreamed of becoming your town’s next yarn bomber? If so, you’ve come to the right place. Here, we’ll reveal how to yarn bomb in five steps. Photo via of Oakland Art Enthusiast What is a yarn bomb? A yarn bomb is form of street art where yarn in any form (knit, crochet, latch hook, cross stitch, amigurumi, or simply wrapped) is attached to an object in the public environment. How to yarn bomb: Step 1: Find the object you would like to yarn bomb. If you plan to knit or crochet a fabric, then choose a 3-D object that you can sew your fabric around, like a tree, street post or statue.

When choosing this route, make sure to choose an object that allows you to secure your yarn bomb from falling down. Photo ©Damon Landry/damonabnormal “Park It” by Lorna Watt/KnitsForLife; photo via of Jill Watt You’ll want to bring: Yarn bombing. Yarn bombing, yarnbombing, yarn storming, guerrilla knitting, kniffiti, urban knitting or graffiti knitting is a type of graffiti or street art that employs colourful displays of knitted or crocheted yarn or fibre rather than paint or chalk. Method and motivation[edit] While yarn installations – called yarn bombs or yarnstorms – may last for years, they are considered non-permanent, and, unlike other forms of graffiti, can be easily removed if necessary. Nonetheless, the practice is still technically illegal in some jurisdictions, though it is not often prosecuted vigorously.[1] While other forms of graffiti may be expressive, decorative, territorial, socio-political commentary, advertising or vandalism, yarn bombing was initially almost exclusively about reclaiming and personalizing sterile or cold public places.[2] It has since developed with groups graffiti knitting and crocheting worldwide, each with their own agendas and public graffiti knitting projects being run.[3] History[edit]

Yarn bombing. A.files.bbci.co. Nurses - "The Role of Women in World War One" Description of the Role of the Nurses and Field Hospitals in WWI. The Medical Front WWI | Medical History | World War One, The Great War, WW1 | The First World War @ www.vlib.us. Contributions to this section are very welcome but of necessity there are caveats:- Copyright permission is essential for those items still in copyright. We are endeavouring to maintain the quality of any modern articles that will be published in the site as being of the same quality that is required for academic or professional journals. This means that all original contributions will need to be referenced and, as with academic or professional journals, we reserve the right to submit any article to our panel of medical historical referees. For further information, or for correspondence, please contact Dr. M. Geoffrey Miller, site author, The Medical Front WWI www.­vlib.­us/­medical/ Return to WWI Archive Main Page The Medical Front WWI was originally part of Carrie: The First Full Text On-Line Electronic Library.

The Medical Front WWI is maintained by George Laughead, manager of the United States History Index and Kansas History. A War Nurse's Diary. Sketches from a Belgian Field Hospital (1918). Table of Contents. Hospital | Great War Photos. The German Crimson Field The Crimson Field is a new BBC drama which has been received with what can be best described as mixed feelings by Great War enthusiasts on Twitter. It depicts a ‘Field Hospital’ close to the battlefield and while its accuracy may be questionable there is no doubt it will bring many who want to know more to the subject of WW1 medicine. By way of contrast this image is from a small German collection that may well have belonged to a German nurse or doctor serving in Russia and in France during the Great War. This particular ‘crimson field’ is likely to be in Germany and visible are the nurses, left, and the doctors and orderlies as well as the patients at the window and on the balcony.

The image gives an insight into the sophistication of Great War medical arrangements, something very lacking in the current BBC drama. The Real Crimson Field: Nurses in France 1918 German Nurses On The Eastern Front WW1 Indian Army: Indian Wounded at Brighton 1914. CEUFast.com. Return to Articles Mainpage Author: Julia Tortorice World War I was a profound event that played an important role in the placement and future advancement of women within the military. It demonstrated that women were not only capable of duties supporting active military troops, but that their own enlistment in the military was invaluable in multiple capacities. This was particularly true when discussing nurses and the service and care that they provided the U.S. military.

During WWI, both the Navy and the Army allowed women to become more mobilized than ever before. According to the United States Army, the Army Nurse Corps had approximately 403 nurses who were active at the onset of the war and roughly 170 reserve nurses. At the beginning of the war, the Navy Nurse Corps also contributed over 160 active duty nurses; however, the number of navy nurses grew slowly compared to the army but rounded out to nearly 1400 by the end of the war.

WW1 Field Hospitals 220462-01. Field hospitals during WW1. WW1 - Nurses. The Nurses One of the least publicized of all Army services is the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps, which has given 100 years of dedicated work to caring for Australian servicemen in times of war and its aftermath. The history of the Corps dates back to 1898 when a small nursing service was formed in Sydney.

It consisted of one Lady Superintendent and twenty four nurses. The first actual service of nurses was during the Boer War (1898-1903). When war broke out in 1914, the Australian Government raised the first Australian Imperial Force for overseas service. The nurses to staff the medical units, which formed an integral part of the AIF, were recruited from the Australian Army Nursing Service Reserve and from the civil nursing profession. Senior Officers were more inclined to have trained male soldiers in preference to female nurses. They served in places such as Burma, India, The Persian Gulf, Egypt, Greece, Italy, France and England. Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt, 22 September 1917. New Zealand and the First World War - First World War - overview. On 28 June 1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and his wife Sophie were assassinated in the Bosnian city of Sarajevo. The fallout from this faraway event would ultimately claim the lives of 18,000 New Zealanders and lead to the wounding of 41,000.

Places thousands of miles from home with exotic-sounding names such as Gallipoli, Passchendaele and the Somme etched themselves in national memory during the First World War. The war took approximately 100,000 New Zealanders overseas, many for the first time. Some anticipated a great adventure but found the reality very different. Being so far from home made these New Zealanders very aware of who they were and where they were from. Quick facts and figures For a more detailed discussion of First World War statistics click here. World War I. World War I (WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, or the Great War, was a global war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918.

More than 70 million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, were mobilised in one of the largest wars in history. Over 9 million combatants and 7 million civilians died as a result of the war (including the victims of a number of genocides), a casualty rate exacerbated by the belligerents' technological and industrial sophistication, and the tactical stalemate caused by trench warfare, a grueling form of warfare in which the defender held the advantage. It was one of the deadliest conflicts in history, and paved the way for major political changes, including revolutions in many of the nations involved. The trigger for the war was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, by Yugoslav nationalist Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914. Prelude. World War I Facts and Information for Kids • WW1 Facts.

World War 1: Facts and Information. WW100 New Zealand.