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02-22-2016, 10:07 AM
Dr. Seuss books remade in yarn will make you want to be a kid again
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On a tree in front of the Ferntree Gully library in Victoria, Australia, an epic literary creation has taken shape.
If your childhood favourites were the The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Dear Zoo and The Cat in the Hat, then this intricate yarn bomb is for youYarn bombing (http://mashable.com/2013/07/23/crazy-yarn-bombs/), where creative knitters cover everything from cars to lamp posts in colourful patterns, is one form of graffiti any library would be happy to have.
See also: Australian bank creates an LGBT-inspired branch for Sydney Mardi Gras (http://mashable.com/2016/02/21/australian-bank-mardi-gras/)
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Matthew Parslow posted images of the yarn bomb on Reddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/melbourne/comments/46uu3y/ferntree_gully_library_has_some_new_outside_books/) after his wife Kim finished the work on Sunday. The knitted books were commissioned by a local council through the Melbourne-based group Yarn Corner (http://www.yarncorner.com.au), he told Mashable Australia via email. The group claims to be one of the largest yarn bombing collectives in the world. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/02/22/yarn-bomb-childhood-book/)
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On a tree in front of the Ferntree Gully library in Victoria, Australia, an epic literary creation has taken shape.
If your childhood favourites were the The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Dear Zoo and The Cat in the Hat, then this intricate yarn bomb is for youYarn bombing (http://mashable.com/2013/07/23/crazy-yarn-bombs/), where creative knitters cover everything from cars to lamp posts in colourful patterns, is one form of graffiti any library would be happy to have.
See also: Australian bank creates an LGBT-inspired branch for Sydney Mardi Gras (http://mashable.com/2016/02/21/australian-bank-mardi-gras/)
http://rack.0.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE2LzAyLzIyLzBmL3lhcm42LmU1NTg2LmpwZwpwCXRodW 1iCTU3NXg0MDk2Pg/6b7ac21b/50e/yarn-6.jpg
Image: Matthew Parslow (http://imgur.com/gallery/NnHwW#fi1mfqz)
Matthew Parslow posted images of the yarn bomb on Reddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/melbourne/comments/46uu3y/ferntree_gully_library_has_some_new_outside_books/) after his wife Kim finished the work on Sunday. The knitted books were commissioned by a local council through the Melbourne-based group Yarn Corner (http://www.yarncorner.com.au), he told Mashable Australia via email. The group claims to be one of the largest yarn bombing collectives in the world. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/02/22/yarn-bomb-childhood-book/)
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