Yarn Bombing!

Well I think I should call a halt to a cruel and unusual torment.

When I posted this WIIW last light I said it was a toughie!

 

Jennifer said, “It's a basketball net! LOL!”

OK it is kind of net like, but I have never seen a basketball net with pretty yellow tassels! 40% for playing so energetically!

Marcy said “I was going to say some kind of knitted or crocheted throw thing but Old Kitty may be right”

Knitted or crocheted is right, but it is not a throw. 40%!

Linda G said “I think it is a decorative covering on a camel's hump.”

Well it is a decorative covering! And it is nearly as whacky as a hump cover so 50%!

Carolyn V guessed “The first thing I thought of was a crochet thing for a drum.”

It is knitted or crocheted and it is a “thing” so I guess you too get 40%

Susan said “It definitely looks crocheted to me. Looks too "holey" to be an afghan, so maybe some sort of decorative throw?”

I think that deductive response deserves 50%

Well there is a story to this answer

Recently the bush around here has been splashed with the gold 

 

of flowering wattle.

 

 And in celebration of this annual natural wonder the nearby village of Hurstbridge  has an annual wattle festival. Well some local knit-nuts got in on the act with a colourful act of…

 well is it art or vandalism? I will let you decide!

My knit-aholic other half tells me acts like this are known as “Yarn-Bombing” in the knitterly world.

Just to show you how keen they are this piece is across the road just near where I catch my train each morning.

 

Golden Wattle

A quick “Piccie of the Day” tonight. I have stayed fairly close to home today.

I had to go out early to take Lu to one of her jobs. She was phoned in at short notice so didn’t have time to get there by bus. She likes Sunday work because they pay a Sunday penalty rate. 

After that Deb and I went and had a leisurely Sunday brunch at Wild Wombat one of our favourite cafes. 

I spent a couple of hours poking around Hurstbridge and Wattle Glen trying to get some decent photos of the wattle blooming in the bush.

As you can see patches of the bush around have turned gold with the blossom.

I was not as happy as I might have been because the light was not cooperating at all today.  Still I got a few shots that might be OK with some photo shopping.  The blossom should be nice for perhaps another week so with luck the sun will cooperate next weekend. Still I should not  grumble; the piccie I posted yesterday would have not been nearly so nice without the sun peeking between the clouds.

"Black Wattle" (Possibly Acacia decurrens)

 

 

A quick note for those of you who don't know:

• "wattle" is the common name for around 1,000 species of Acacia shrubs and trees that grow across Oz.
• It is a safe bet that at almost any time of year you won't have to got too far to find at least one species flowering 
• they are called "wattle" because early settlers in Sydney used their branches to build "wattle and daub" walls.