Guerrrrrillas & World AIDS Day

Yes, we've struck again!!

The Lismore Yarn Guerillas have hit the streets of Lismore to shroud as much as possible in red for World AIDS Day, 1st December 2011. We targeted an intersection in the middle of town, hitting at least 70 targets with red adornments ranging from tiny hearts, to fabric wrapped tree trunks, to pole cosies, to big hearts, and a giant cause ribbon on a web suspended between to palm trees. Even a plant pot had a boob-tube put on it! Nothing was safe from us bombers. Lots of AIDS and HIV messages were attached on tags, particularly about reducing stigma and discrimination towards those living with HIV.


5am start - otherwise known as 'pre-sparrow's' or 'oh-my-god hundred hours'. A dozen or so bleary eyed, industrious little guerillas spent about two and a half hours preparing the scene - stitching, winding, tying, cutting. It's a good thing to stop and take a look around every now and then at the other busy bombers: take action shots, watch others at work, have a laugh, and enjoy the journey as much as the destination.


A couple of messages were created for the cause: the above park bench banner, as well as World AIDS Day crocheted then attached to a rather bland sculpture (so it was begging for a bombing!).


Lots and lots of hearts of all shapes and sizes too. Here's just a few, showing how diverse the guerilla heart can be - both literally, and metaphorically (Awwwwww :P) ....


And then there was nature...


(The strange plant growth was begging to be adorned!)

A few bombers decided that other man-made conveniences were perfect for guerilla yarnistas to attack with as much creative force as possible....and a cosy blanket....


There were lots more targets of course, especially with lots of little hearts! Trees and plants were covered with them, kind of like xmas tree ornaments. Pole and tree trunk cosies where everywhere too, from heart patterns, to illusion knitting, to good ol' fashioned chunky garter stitch, to fuzzy, stripy, and more.

So there you have it. It was nice to do something this time for a cause. But I'm sure most of us would like to stay away from knitting or crocheting with plain red yarn for quite a while!!! And we're already talking about what's next for the LYG's. International Yarn Bombing Day is six months away - a perfect amount of time for us all to plot, scheme, knit, hook and stitch our way towards a new cheeky project.

Viva la Yaaaaaarn!!!
'LeftHook'

We came, we bombed, we giggled LOTS!!!

Lismore Yarn Guerillas have struck again!! Wooohoooo!!!! And gosh it was fun.

Thursday 24th November - LYG had a date with a trivia fundraising night for the local AIDS Council branch, ACON. The specific target being the host of the night, Tobin Saunders. Here's a bit of a report on how the night went.

Black Lace, Lacey Bag Acey, HookerT, Jaywalker & LeftHook all meet at Black Lace's heavenly yarn shop to get ready at 5.30pm. Very excited, nervous, etc. Lots of giggles, fun with glitter & fake eyelashes, makeup a la parrot disco queen, hair of all shapes & sizes, and 5 chicks looking sassy, disguised, and ready to kick arse. I also loved that three of us, without any knowledge of the others, chose to wear stripy tights or long socks of some sort!! In sync, babes!!

A friend was filming us in different situations, as we're making a bit of a video for the group. A warts (or perhaps glitter?!) and all account of the night.

We got to the venue, the Platinum room at Lismore Workers Club at 6.30pm and accosted one of the tables. The room is suitably cheerily decorated, with the most hideous carpet (which I loved) so we felt at home. (Also, we all fell in love with the nightclub bar area prior to the room. It is FUNKEEEEEE!!!)

Tobin had a chat to us about the jacket situation. It was hot and he wasn't sure he could cope with wearing it all night. Unfortunately the alternative was a rather loud shirt, which meant our bombing wouldn't be on the jacket that was going to be auctioned for ACON, but oh well. We made the best of the situation and bombed with some pompoms directly stitched onto his shirt sleeves, a red heart pinned to his back pants pocket, huge desert flowers on his desert boots, flower in his shirt pocket, the sash (which he fondled subconsciously whilst hosting - bit like a blankie really), and then the crown on his curly long hair. We bombed him intermittently over about 2 hours, whilst he worked the room. Also, Black Lace inexplicably bent her needle whilst stitching a pompom on Tobin's arm.... Hmmmm.... heehee.

We had lots of great support from the people there. Some asking how to get involved, others buying the pins that Lacey Bag Acey wonderfully sold to raise money for ACON, and another woman got her "crutch" bombed. She didn't flinch one bit. (heehee) It was also very tempting to bomb the drag queen but we didn't. I was going to make her red tassels for her boobies but she darted away.

Anyway, the night was great fun, and we had such a hoot dressing up, playing characters, being cheeky to people... It was also a good trial run for any future events or media contact. We've got our personas all figured out. I invite others in the gang to explore their inner whacky yarnista and create a persona too!!!! Bring it on I say. (And wigs. I love wigs!!)

Oh, and at the end of the night Lacey Bag Acey presented Tobin with the funds raised from the hearts: $117 and TEN CENTS!!!! lol!!! So even though the bombed items weren't auctioned off (bummer), we contributed something.

And that concludes my report.
Until next time yarnies.

Cheers
from LeftHook

Our Next Attack...

Come along and join the Lismore Yarn Guerillas!! We are gearing up for an attack happening in the next couple of weeks...... targets have been located ...

We are currently meeting every Saturday morning 10-12pm at evoke designer yarn & fabric, 28 Carrington St, Lismore.

Hope to see you there!!

Counter-attack

One day, quite soon after our exploits on International Yarn Bombing Day I came home to find my front door looking like this:

Left Hook clearly had some fun here (& I love it so much it's still on my door).

But of course you know ... this means war!

Left Hook commented that I couldn't bomb her front door as she has a guard dog.

Brilliant idea - I'll bomb the guard dog!!

Measurements were taken, ideas bounced off Da Bomb (thanks!) & I had something that brings a whole new meaning to the term "bomber jacket".

Yesterday with my beautiful daughter providing distractions, we struck!

The guard dog was most co-operitive & seemed to quite like her cosy new jumper (& the fuss I made of her - good girl!)

So it seems we have a new mascot. What bomber name are you going to give her, Left Hook?

Hugs to all
Posted by Jaywalker.

coming soon ....