PRIDE YARNBOMBING CIRCLE @ WECO

Name: PRIDE YARNBOMBING CIRCLE @ WECO
Start: 2024-09-19T18:00:00-04:00
Location: WECO Bottle & Biergarten

Schedule

Thu Sep 19 2024 at 06:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

WECO Bottle & Biergarten | West Columbia, SC

Bring your piece or another project and come to eat tasty food truck nosh, have a beer or wine and chit chat with the group for comradery!
*This event cross-posted with the Soda City Purls and Stitches:
https://www.meetup.com/soda-city-purls-and-stitches/?eventOrigin=your_groups
YARNBOMBING PLAN FOR PRIDE:
We will be yarnbombing the smaller lamp posts on Main Street along 3 blocks (1200-1400). Your creations need to be 3 to 6 feet tall and wide enough to go around a 19.5 inch pole. I usually shoot for 16 or so inches (wide), but it ultimately depends on how stretchy your piece is (more details at the bottom). Go bright, be creative, and other than that, have fun with it and do your own thing to celebrate SC Pride!
From the base of the column to the first set of metal arms is 6 feet, so that is the max height for our pieces. At the base, the column is about 19.5 inches in circumference. At the top, the column is about 17.5 inches around. The pole is slightly tapered. To get a snug sleeve for the pole, you'll want to make your piece(s) a little smaller width-wise so they can be pulled around the pole when they are installed to help keep them in place. I usually shoot for 16 or so inches, but it ultimately depends on how stretchy your piece is. When installing your piece, yarn handles/suspenders can be attached to the top of the piece and wrapped around the metal arms to keep it from sliding down the pole. We want everyone’s pieces to be at least 3 feet tall (up to 6 feet). Lastly, cheap acrylic yarn works the best! Your piece will be out in the weather for several weeks, so avoid natural fibers that hold water.
PRIDE YARNBOMBING SIGN UP HERE:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0C4DADAA22A0F49-50858198-pride
Please finish a piece before signing up a piece to ensure that no one overcommits to what they can finish.
Pieces must be finished by the evening of October 11th. Install date to be either October 12 or 13th. If you cannot be there to install your piece, please reach out to Jill Shirey or myself to get the piece to one of us for installation.
Please see Jill's post for lamp post dimensions and information.
I have a large stash of FREE yarn, DM me for my address and you can stop by my porch anytime to take what you need. If you are looking for specific colors, let me know and I can confirm if they're in the stash before you come visit my front porch. I live in West Columbia!