The day we installed these, the town was bought together to discuss rainbow wooly tree covers!
"Place is important (as humans impose specific meaning on them) and until that time; places are devoid of meaning." (Van Luyn, 2013)
The virtual world of Yarn Corner: picture links to crochet patterns, knitting books and several photo albums of yarn covering the mundane in bursts of wooly colour. The Yarn corner group is private, but with over 500 people posting; it's similar to a real life craft library. Tagging frenzies occur often to link two women together from other sides of the world who share an interest in ripple blankets (amongst other wooly goodness).
"Yarn jokes" and ecards designed by members create a sense of relation between all members. Even if you are not known by your real name; we don't mind; people are still tagged like "Pebble" was your real name. Women are happy in this virtual group, they can show off projects and smile because someone, no matter how far away they are; like knitting or crochet like they do! I use my real name and socialize with many different people, both in person and online as Yarn Corner has real world meets. I am no-one but my true self in both spaces.
What is true of a picture of a place is also true of a real place. (Tuan, 1991) The above photo is a real installation by yarn corner; allow yourself to picture this in a facebook group. Our cover photo includes these trees; our website; several photos of granny squares covering long trees and poles; Everything you see here is what you seen in the virtual world. There are no boundaries.
Bibliography
Tuan, Y.-F. (1991). Language and the Making of Place: A Narrative - Descriptive Approach. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Vol 81, No. 4, 692.
Van Luyn, A. (2013, August 26). BA 1002 Week 5: Spaces and Places. Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
Yarn Corner Yarn Bomb [Image]. (2013). Retrieved from http://john-ocal.com/tag/yarn-bomb/
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