Bombing leaves a yarn trail in town
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June 17, 2015
La Conner’s iconic Dirty Biter sculpture wound up with a new sweater, and Brodie the newshound didn’t escape a bombing run by La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum executive director Amy Green. – Photo by Don Coyote
The library was captured in a web last week.
A perplexing sight greeted residents on Friday afternoon, as a string of art pieces, landmarks and stair railings around town were found covered by colorful knitted and crocheted bits of yarn.
This wasn’t the work of any normal vandal, however, as the Quilt and Textile Museum was quick to take credit for the “yarn-bombing.”
Known in some circles as knitfitti, yarn bombing is a global phenomenon occurring as far away as Eastern Europe.
In La Conner’s case, Amy Green, executive director of the Quilt and Textile Museum, as well as the organizer for the...
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