I've found a project for Burning Man that Im going to crochet some leaves for. I thought some of you might be interested in doing this as well. The project is an art tree with tons and tons of crochet or knit leaves that are not tied off - so participants can unravel them letting the yarns loose in the wind.
The website has more information on the specifics of the leaves and instructions for making both knit and crochet leaves. The creator of this tree is not specific about color of leaf - she will take any color and use them as needed. There is a request to use basic yarns and not ones that shed fibers. Eyelash, Chenille and other specialty yarns ALL shed - the wind just strips off the little fuzzy bits.
The website for the project is: www.pokiedot.com
If you are interested in making a leaf (or a number of them) - I will be happy to collect them and send them all up to San Francisco in one shot. Meaning - I will pay the shipping costs. Otherwise, instructions on where to send the leaves are on the website.
The website has more information on the specifics of the leaves and instructions for making both knit and crochet leaves. The creator of this tree is not specific about color of leaf - she will take any color and use them as needed. There is a request to use basic yarns and not ones that shed fibers. Eyelash, Chenille and other specialty yarns ALL shed - the wind just strips off the little fuzzy bits.
The website for the project is: www.pokiedot.com
If you are interested in making a leaf (or a number of them) - I will be happy to collect them and send them all up to San Francisco in one shot. Meaning - I will pay the shipping costs. Otherwise, instructions on where to send the leaves are on the website.
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Re: Can you knit or crochet leaves?
Mon, February 19, 2007 - 10:55 PMWHAT A GREAT IDEA!
Thank you for sharing this.
I may be putting on a crochet workshop at lightning in a bottle this year... check it out at:
www.lightninginabottle.org
AMAZING event
I am going to go crochet a leaf NOW... maybe even two... or three... -
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Re: Can you knit or crochet leaves?
Tue, February 20, 2007 - 9:43 AMI've seen some great projects with leaves including a scarf where it was just a bunch of leaves attached to some chains. In one particular instance, they were felted and it was very "artsy." -
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Re: Can you knit or crochet leaves?
Tue, February 20, 2007 - 3:00 PMI have a bunch of CRAZY awesome vintage crochet and knitting magazines from the 60's and 70's... LOTS of awesome hats covered in vines and grapes and flowers... super funky -
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Re: Can you knit or crochet leaves?
Sat, March 10, 2007 - 10:33 PMWell that looks easy enough. I didn't want to commit until checking out the site.
I don't see why I can't crochet some leaves for Burning Man! I have to make a run for more yarn anyway.
Thanks KBunny for the post!
Now if I could just finish off these baby blankets first before the kids are in college...
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