Up a Tree without a Pattern
Some of you probably remember that Darryl Hannah made a big splash back in 2003 in Vogue Knitting. [ok - is it weird that I still have my copy ? Does anyone else save all their magazines? ] At the time she was making scarves, hoping to graduate to bigger and better things. So, yesterday, she had to be physically removed by police from a walnut tree in a community garden in LA protesting against its demolition to make room for a warehouse. The reports say she guarded the tree for 23 days - most of it spent 40 feet up in its branches. Now, this is surely only something a knitter could and would do. Give me a good cause and a place to sit, a pair of sticks and a ball of yarn and just try and make me move!
An artist named Carol Hummel must have gone out of her tree to make this arborist artwork.
Now maybe I'm barking up the wrong one, but perhaps, you too are ready to branch out with this little tree sweater number.
You can find the pattern at Red Shirt Knitting.
It all goes to show that while money doesn't grown on 'em, nuts definitely do.
I can't remember which of my bloglines submissions was the person who did that one little tree sweater... I think it was just something she did on a whim and then was shocked by the buzz that happened afterwards.
Posted by: Jennifer | June 14, 2006 at 11:02 PM
I save a lot of my magazines, too. It paid off when I sold my Threads sewing magazines on eBay for a great price. :)
Posted by: Beth | June 14, 2006 at 11:54 PM
Boy did I need that laugh this morning! Thanks!
Posted by: Christine | June 15, 2006 at 08:20 AM
If you have come to knitting for trees, could one say "Your out on a limb?"
Posted by: Reg | June 15, 2006 at 04:08 PM
LOL! I think I still have that issue in a box somewhere. You have to wonder what possesses people sometimes!
Posted by: Christy | June 15, 2006 at 04:18 PM