GO (green)

ArchiPURLago and granny² did a quick collaboration on this BikeBike rack so that a local reporter could tag along with us, and we're glad we did! Once ArchiPURLago saw the "GO" in the BikeBike racks, she couldn't unsee it (and did this Ready Set GO yarnbomb), so we did a bit of a visual pun and used green yarn to spell out GO and accented it with leaves, a tree, and a woodgrain patterned handlebar.

Midweek News: Yarn Masters

Midweek News July 2013

Thanks Midweek! (click on the link to read the full story)

WWKIP 2013 - June 8 in Honolulu

TheFUZZ will be observing World Wide Knit in Public Day (WWKIP) 2013 at Spalding House, repurposing parts of the Fibonacci striped tree sweater to decorate the new family room. If you'd like to help out, we're looking for people to seam pieces together (we'll provide tapestry needles and yarn). If you'd like to hang out, please bring a knit or crochet project to work on! Sunblock, insect repellent, sunglasses, and brimmed hats are recommended. There's a water fountain available, and the cafe sells drinks and food. Kids are welcome!

When: Saturday, June 8, 2013, from 12 noon - 4 pm
Where: Honolulu Museum of Art Spalding House (2411 Makiki Heights Drive, Honolulu)
Link to the museum calendar: International Yarnbombing Day

Parking is free, but the lot is small. TheBus route 15 (Pacific Heights/Papakolea) stops in front of the museum; please check route information on TheBus.org or 848-5555.

Entrance to the Spalding House Cafe is free to the public during open hours (please note that the cafe will only be open until 2 pm). If you would like to explore the grounds (where we'll be working) and the exhibits, please pay the admission fee at the front desk. The Honolulu Museum of Art is participating in Blue Star Museums: from May 28 - Sept 1, the museum is free to active military personnel and their families with valid ID. Please check with the museum or Blue Star Museums for a list of acceptable IDs.

Weather forecast: looking yarnstormy at Red Pineapple

TheFuzz will be at Red Pineapple in Ward Centre this Saturday, April 20th, from 12 noon - 4 pm, getting knitty in a window! Come on over for cupcakes and cookies and see what we've been working on - the results will be in a silent auction to benefit the Joyful Heart Foundation.

Whole Lotta Love

Pow Wow Hawai'i 2013 is underway and ArchiPURLago has been stitching away with the help of TheFUZZ! We'll do the big reveal later this week - for now, here are a couple of clues.

Granny² has been hooking away at a couple of yarnbombs for the #SheepishHeartBomb and at least one of them will pop up in the vicinity of Pow Wow Hawai'i!

Looking to contribute to a yarnbombing?

If you are interested in contributing to a yarnbombing:

Yarn Bombing Los Angeles will be covering the facade of the Craft and Folk Art Museum in Los Angeles with granny squares in the spring of 2013, and you can help by sending them crocheted granny squares. Please read through their call for entry carefully to be sure you are sending them what they need!

A secret yarnbombing project in Honolulu is currently in the works. 4" x 4" (10 cm x 10 cm) squares of knit or crochet in any color/fiber are requested, with a deadline of December 15, 2012. YarnStory in Honolulu is available as a dropoff point for finished squares, and there is also a big bag of assorted yarns that are available for use in yarnbombing (for this project or any other project, just go to YarnStory and tell Kim you'd like to pick up some of the yarn for yarnbombing - it's free!).

If you have yarn to donate, YarnStory will accept donations of clean, useable yarn for yarnbombing. TheFUZZ is specifically seeking natural fiber yarns (e.g. 100% wool) in any color/weight/amount, but feel free to bring in whatever you have.

After the Yarnstorm

Photo credit: MK Carroll

The Honolulu Museum of Art Spalding House yarnbombing has been successfully defused. Special thanks to lilikoiknits to helping out with figuring out which strands of yarn to cut!

55' of Mathematical Awesomeness!

We're just warning you now... wonder and amazement may be two emotional responses evoked when you happen upon ArchiPURLago's Monkeypod tree sweater. It's 55' of mathematical awesomeness! Yes, you read that correctly, fifty-five feet!

The Fibonacci sequenced stripes, in bold sunny colors, span the entire length of one of the tree's longest branches, practically reaching out to touch you or touch your heart is more like it. And the installation had one of the volunteers, Rita Scott, an experienced climber, actually tying off and climbing up into the canopy to seam the final piece together!

See the finished piece and the all TheFuzz yarnbombs at the Honolulu Museum of Art's Spalding House until Art Spree, July 14th. The details, you'll find them here.

And The BIG Announcement is...

 Honolulu Museum of Art Spalding House got YARN BOMBED by TheFuzz!

In conjunction with the second annual International Yarn Bombing Day—June 9th, 2012, Honolulu's inaugural yarn bombing crew, ArchiPURLago, Granny² and Hanasaurusrex, a.k.a. TheFuzz, and their super crew of volunteers and contributors, tagged the gardens of Spalding House.

Representing knit and crochet, traditional and contemporary, funky and fab, we've gone from the teeny tiny to the larger than life, and we'd love to share it with you!

You can come visit TheFuzz yarn bombs anytime in June and through Art Spree in July, 2012. 

Every Wednesday and Thursday in June from 2–4pm TheFuzz founders will be at Spalding House for Sit & Knit and we'd love it if you came by to hang out! If you're a knitter or crocheter, bring a project. If you've never knit or crocheted in your life, that's okay, just bring yourself and we'll answer any questions you may have or if you're down for it, we'll show you how!

We will also be hosting a yarn bombing workshop and lecture this weekend, June 16–17th. See below for details.

June 16th, 2012—Yarn Bombing Workshop, 12pm–4pm

We'll have various tools of the trade to show and a project you can make to yarn bomb yourself!

June 17th, 2012—Yarn Bombing Lecture, 2pm–4pm

Come learn about yarn bombing from ArchiPURLago, Granny² and Hanasaurusrex. We'd love to meet you!

July 14th, 2012—Art Spree—Pom Pom Bomb, 10am–4pm
TheFuzz will be at Honolulu Museum of Art Spalding House's annual art-and-performance family fun day making pom poms to yarn-bomb.

The Honolulu Museum of Art Spalding House
2411 Makiki Heights Drive
Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96822
808-526-0232

If you're not familiar with Spalding House, In July 2011, The Contemporary Museum gifted its collection and assets to the Honolulu Academy of Arts, merging the two museums.

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hanasaurusrex 

Pow Wow Hawaii 2012 | Part II

Here are more pics from Pow Wow Hawaii. I just loooove how the Meter Monster turned out and the Spicket Dragon too! I'm a big fan of Amigurumi, and I made these the same way I would have made them if they were going to be stuffed... I guess they are stuffed; they're stuffed with metal. I think it's rad that they are now covered in something soft and fuzzy ;)

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hanasaurusrex

Pow Wow Hawaii 2012 | Part I

I had to sneak in on the all the fun going down during Pow Wow Hawaii this year. Pow Wow Hawaii is a global art event created and lead by Jasper Wong. The website describes Pow Wow as, "... a gathering of contemporary artists that engages with the broader community in the process and creation of art." This year they had over 50 artists, mostly with graffiti/street art backgrounds, from around the world come and do they're amazing mural magic all over the Kakaako district here in Honolulu. I thought it was fantastic... you can see for yourself.

I created several yarn bombs, this one was made up of about 60+ granny squares all sewn together to cover the city "bike" lock in front of Fresh Cafe and Loft in Space. 60 granny squares may not seem like a lot, but factor in that I made them—and my other yarn bombs—all in less than a week, and I'd say that I must have been working some magic of my own!

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hanasaurusrex