This time of year, when it gets dark and cold, we make our spaces brighter and cheerier with lights and greenery and sweet, rich food. Or, in this case, some nicely knitted decorations to share and brighten up a public space:
A pompom here, a knitted ornament there, Everett has been hit by a yarn bomber.
“I just wanted to spread some Christmas cheer,” Renee Walstad said.
Walstad is part of a warm-and-fuzzy movement being embraced by creative types all over the world.
Her efforts are modest compared with the ways some yarn artists decorate public places. For some yarn bombers, what began as a covert operation has blossomed into commissioned public art projects.
Since early this month, Walstad, 28, has been putting knitted and crocheted decorations on Everett’s downtown sculptures. She calls it a “Yarnvent calendar.”
“You know, like Advent,” the Lake Stevens woman said. “Every day before Christmas, I put up an ornament.”
If you stopped for coffee on Everett’s Colby Avenue on Wednesday, you may have noticed Walstad’s cheery calling cards. Near the Starbucks shop, the statue of three little girls holding hands — Georgia Gerber’s “Along Colby” — finds the girls dressed for the season in knitted red and green anklets. One of the bronze figures held a knitted Christmas ornament.
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Merry Christmas!
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