#grandmagraffiti

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“Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!” ❄️ Here are a couple of snazzy snowflakes that will be used for the secret yarnbomb I hinted at in my last post. It’s going to be the tallest yarnbomb I’ve ever done and it will be on display the whole Holiday season! Guessed what it is yet? The fabulous folks who commissioned me to create this snowflake covered fun are sending out the official press release later today. Once the news is released I promise to stop the vague hints and tell you all the deets! #holidayfun #vaguehints #yarnbomb #knitteapolis #happyhooker #crochetallday #blainemn #snowflakes❄️ #yarnbombing #yarnbomber #crochetsnowflake #crochetsnowflakes #fiberartist #thisismymn #thisismylife #crochetallthethings #fiberart #holidaydecorating #exploremn #capturemn #blaineminnesota #minnstagramers #yarnbombs #yarnstorm #grandmagraffiti #yarnart #keepitfun #itstheholidayseason #babyitscoldoutside #letitsnowletitsnowletitsnow (at Blaine, Minnesota)

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🌟🧶Happy International Yarnbombing Day!! 🧶🌟 My fella showed me my first yarnbomb in early 2014. It was a stop sign down by the creek that had been yarnbombed to look like a flower w/ large green leaves and a long knit stem. He thought it would be something I’d be interested in and boy howdy was he right. I installed my first yarnbomb at Powderhorn Park in May of 2014, 5 years later and I haven’t stopped since! 🤗 If you love to knit, crochet, felt, sew, weave, or embroider I urge you to leave your fiber art out in your neighborhood sometime. You’ll be delighted by all the smiles you see. There’s nothing like going for a walk and stumbling on some art that another person has left out in the world for you to find. I’m 30 years old and I still freak out when I discover a fairy door or gnome garden on the BLVD. Don’t even get me started on the @mows510 doors! So Happy Yarnbombing Day to my fellow fiber freaks, knitaholics, happy hookers, and to anyone who enjoy some good yarnbombing shenanigans. ❤️ #knitteapolis #yarnbombing #internationalyarnbombingday #yarnbombs #raok #guerrillaart #fiberart #yarnbomber #fiberartist #guerrillaknitting #randomactofkindness #yarnbomb #knittersgonnaknit #happyhooker #knitallthethings #crochetallday #yarnbombed #Yarnstorm #yarnstorming #grandmagraffiti #capturemn #exploremn #mplsart #happyinternationalyarnbombingday (at Minneapolis, Minnesota) https://www.instagram.com/p/Byk5lcSFLVZ/?igshid=19lm51hzytteq

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"Blank walls are a shared canvas and we're all artists." -Carla H. Krueger If you find my glitter knitter piece next to @trexcookie take a photo but use your camera flash. This yarn has reflective tape woven throughout and will flash you back! If you know the artist who created the sweet mural in the background let me know so I can give credit. Thanks! #streetartphotography #flashingyarn #knitteapolis #yarnjokes #knitallthethings #glitterknitter #yarnbomb #yarnart #mplsmn #yarnbombs #grandmagraffiti #graffitiartists #graffitiart #wallmural #yarnbomber #mplsartist #localartists #reflectivetape #reflectiveyarn #yarnbombing #yarnstorm #mnartist #exploremn #yarnwhore #craftyaf #knittersgonnaknit #knittersofig (at T-Rex Cookie Company, LLC)

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🌼Yesterday I had the honor of yarnbombing the John Fluevog shoe store in Uptown Minneapolis. I chose fresh florals as the theme to celebrate the new spring shoe designs that are now in the store. I have to be honest, I had never been to Fluevog until I installed the yarnbomb and now I'm hooked. They have some of the prettiest shoes I have ever seen in my life! I can't wait to order a pair for myself. 💐The yarnbomb can be found on the pillar in front of Fluevog shown very prominently on the corner of Lagoon and Hennepin. Sending you all warm spring vibes. 🌷 #vogminneapolis #knitteapolis #yarnbomb #uptownmpls #springlove #yarnart #installationart #streetartist #yarnbombs #crochetfun #happyhooker #crochetallday #fluevogs #knitagram #knittersofig #fluevog #yarnbombing #fiberart #makersgonnamake #fluevogshoes #yarnstorm #mnartist #exploremn #mplsgraffiti #grandmagraffiti #streetartphoto #crochetlove #craftyaf #yarnlovechallenge #johnfluevog (at John Fluevog)

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"She was beautiful, for the way she thought. She was beautiful, for the sparkle in her eyes when she talked about something she loved. She was beautiful, for her ability to make other people smile, even if she was sad. No, she wasn't beautiful for something as temporary as her looks. She was beautiful, deep down to her soul. She is beautiful." -F. Scott Fitzgerald You are full of beauty. 💗 #hellobeautiful #youarebeautiful #rememberyouarebeautiful #positiveenergyonly #shareyourjoy #spreadlove #knitteapolis #yarnbomb #knitallthethings #fiberart #yarnbombs #fiberartist #smiletolife #yarnbombing #capturemn #mplsart #mplsart #yarnbomber #yarnstorm #beautifulinsideandout #raok #guerrillaart #randomactofkindness #streetartist #grandmagraffiti #positivebodyimage #motivationalgraffiti #motivationalpost #bekindtooneanother #knittersofig #knittinginspiration #pinkyarn #reflectiveyarn #greenwaytrail #exploremn #thisismymn #mnnice (at Uptown, Minneapolis)

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"I've been accused of vulgarity. I say that's bullshit." -Mel Brooks Señor Toro and myself call BS on this last snow fall. We had just busted out our flips flops and now we're back to bundling up in scarves. #nomoresnowplease #bullshits #knitteapolis #yarnbomb #statueporn #fiberart #exploremn #yarnbombing #capturemn #Yarnbomber #mankatomn #thisismymn #yarnlovechallenge #mankatominnesota #statueart #icallbullshit #crochetallday #crochetcowl #410project #happyhooker #mnphoto #yarnstorming #crochetallthethings #icallbs #streetartist #streetart #randomactofkindness #grandmagraffiti #yarnstorm #smilesformiles #raok #guerrillaart (at Pagliai's Pizza)

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“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” -Albert Einstein #knitteapolis #yarnbomb #yarnbombing #saintlouisparkmn #fiberart #fiberartist #raok #saintlouispark #mnart #grandmagraffiti #yarnbombs #mnphotographer #minnstagram #spreadthelove #alberteinstein #minnstagrammers #guerrillaknitting #guerrillakindness #streetartphoto #crochetallday #crochetaddict #craftyaf #yarnporn #minnesotasummer #thisismymn #capturemn #exploremn (at St. Louis Park, Minnesota)

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Crocheted rocks are like sprinkles for me. I wanna put them on every yarnbomb & in every exhibition. I'm not the only one in my family that likes rock art. My dad loves to stack rocks into gravity defying piles everywhere he goes. If you see rocks stacked on top of each other anywhere in the Twin Cities, chances are good that my dad was just there. Before grandma & grandpa passed, my dad went to help them out in Colorado. They had a lovely house in Grand Junction with a front yard was made of large, round, perfect for stacking rocks. Every day he would go out and make his rock stacks on and it drove my Grandma bonkers! She didn't understand why he had to go out and stack the nice rocks in her yard so after he made a rock formation she'd come out and knock it over. The rock piles & their destruction became an on going joke between the two of them. Dad would stack the piles every day and grandma would come out and knock them down. The morning after my grandma died my dad looked out the window at the lawn and saw that every single one of his rock piles that he had made the previous day been knocked down in the night. I'm sure many would say that it was heavy winds the night before but Dad & I believe that it was grandma knocking down his rock piles one more time. My dad still stacks rocks and I cover them in yarn and I think Grandma would get a kick out of it. 😉 #rockart #grandmalove #dontmesswithgrandma #rockstacks #grandmasrock #crochetrocks #yarnbombrocks #knitteapolis #yarnbomb #thegreatmngettogether #thegreatmnknittogether #thisismymn #minnstagram #midwestisbest #grandmagraffiti #yarnbombs #yarnbombing #guerrillaart #guerrillakindness #guerrillaartist #randomactsofkindness #captureminneapolis #urbangrammers #badassgrandma #rockstack #rocksofinstagram #yarnbombing #yarnaddict (at Minneapolis, Minnesota)

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"Yarn on the Hoof" This not so little lamb was inspired by @lorriwt. Last year Lorri posted a photo of a sheep she saw at the @mnstatefair w/ "Yarn on the hoof" written below. I had never heard the phrase and thought it was the funniest thing ever! So this year when I was designing #thegreatmnknittogether I knew I for sure had to have a giant sheep with her quote written under it. Thanks for the inspiration @lorriwt, ewe are the best! #yarnonthefoof #feelingsheepish #bealamb #ewearethebest #sheeplife #sheepswool #bahramewe #summerinmn #crochetlove #crochetfun #knitteapolis #yarnbomb #streetartist #streetarteverywhere #urbangrammers #minnstagram #minnstagrammers #midwest #midwestisbest #gramslayers #grandmagraffiti #yarnart #yarnbomber #yarnbombing #crochetsheep #lamblove #maryhadalittlelamb #craftyaf #thegreatmngettogether #mnstatefair #mnstatefair17 #urbangrammer #midwestlife #captureminneapolis #captureminnesota #exploremn (at Minneapolis, Minnesota)

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Fun story time: While I was installing the yarnbomb on the left a fella came up to me and said: "Hey, will you put yarn on my stick?" ...As you can imagine, I was confused. This guy was the 3rd person to come up to me that day and the other two I'm not sure if they were actually talking to me, at me, or to people that I couldn't see... I begged his pardon and he pointed at a stick in the ground about 4ft away. Turns out there was a random deep ankle breaking hole in the cement behind me. This gentleman lived near by and didn't want anyone to fall in so he placed a tall wooden stick in the hole and taped a plastic bag around it so no one would get hurt. Really nice dude, right?! So I said of course I'll yarnbomb your stick! On the right is my spur of the moment pink knits I made to help draw attention to his stick and hopefully save folks a trip to the emergency room. Guerrilla kindness meets guerrilla art. This lil interaction had me smiling all week so I thought I'd share it. Lots of love, Knitteapolis, Yarner of Sticks #knitteapolis #guerrillakindness #guerrillaart #guerrillaknitting #raok #randomactsofkindness #mnnice #mnpeople #yarnbomb #NEmpls #yarnbombs #knitallthethings #yarnbombing #mplsart #mplsmn #yarnbomber #exploremn #psychosuzis #capturemn #feelgoodmoments #minnstagram #mnartist #knittersofig #streetartphotography #thisismymn #onlyinmn #grandmagraffiti #knittinglove (at Psycho Suzi's Motor Lounge)

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"One Sunday morning the warm sun came up and - pop! - out of the egg came a tiny and very hungry caterpillar." -Eric Carle, The Very Hungry Caterpillar This furry caterpillar is inching her way along the bike racks at @psychosuzis. Give her a pet next time you're in NE but keep your leftovers tucked away. She is a very hungry caterpillar... #theveryhungrycaterpillar #psychosuzis #psychosuzismotorlounge #bikerack #exploremn #nempls #nemplsartsdistrict #capturemn #yarnbomb #yarnbombing #grandmagraffiti #streetartist #mplsart #yarnbombed #mplsartist #yarnbomber #yarnstorm #knitallthethings #knittersofinstagram #knitteapolis #randomactsofkindness #raok #goodenergyonly #mnartist #mnphotographers #graffitiart #knittersgonnaknit (at Psycho Suzi's Motor Lounge)

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"Everything you can imagine is real." -Pablo Picasso Fun fact, the flashes of shimmery color in the red is recycled sari silk from India! The yarn was so beautiful it took me forever to decide how to use it (2 years to be exact) but I finally let go and released it's bright colorful goodness into the world to be loved. It looks a lot better on this park sign than it did in on my yarn shelf. #recycledyarn #yarnbomb #knitteapolis #recycledsarisilk #yarnbombs #recycledsaris #yarnlover #destash #destashing #raok #exploremn #prospectpark #witchestower #witcheshattower #yarnbombing #grandmagraffiti #yarnart #yarnstash #streetartphotography #minnstagram #knitart #knittersofig #createxplore #craftyaf #yarnwhore #warmfuzzies #magicaltower #magicalplaces (at Witches Tower)

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"Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten." -Neil Gaiman, Coraline I did some yarnbombing today and it felt absolutely wonderful! I've been working almost entirely on the State Fair yarnbomb and haven't had much time to yarnbomb the city. I took a break though today to go yarnbomb around town and it felt soooo good. There are 3 yarnbombs by witches tower, 2 by t-Rex cookies, and 1 by the cheese market. #knitteapolis #yarnbomb #grandmagraffiti #mplsmn #yarnbombs #capturemn #witchestower #witcheshattower #yarnart #yarnbomber #streetartist #knitallthethings #knittersofig #springfog #magicalplaces #fairytaleknits #yarnbombing #yarnstorm #magicaltower #streetartphotography #knittersgonnaknit #fairytaleforest #prospectpark (at Witches Tower)

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There’s happy, and then there’s cow kitty asleep in the sun on top of a crochet heart happy. 💗 I’m blessed to have two kitties who love to be by my side while I work but have zero interest in playing with the yarn. However, they do think all completed work is a cat bed... 😻 This heart yarnbomb/cat bed is going to be a part of the #RosedaleYarnbomb. I am straight up giddy about this installation! I hope you all have a chance to see it. There are so many things I’ve always wanted to do that I have the opportunity to do with this installation. For example: Yarnbomb a large group of lamp posts ✅ Yarnbomb a staircase ✅ Create a window display! ✅ The puppy backdrop wasn’t on my to do list but I’m ridiculously excited about it too. Not to mention the radical granny bench (when you see it you’ll totally get the name). I think what I love most though is the location. The whole point of yarnbombing is to make people smile. You’re walking along doing your thing when out of nowhere there’s a giant heart on a fence, a scarf on a statue, or a stop sign that looks like a knit flower. It’s so random and silly that you have to smile! Rosedale Center has been doing some really cool remodeling but I don’t think anyone expects to walk out of William & Sonoma to see a street covered in yarn! It’s so unexpected that I think there’s going to be a lot of smiling happening at @rosedalecenter and that makes me really happy. 💓💓💓 #raok #surprisesmile #guerrillaart #knitteapolis #yarnbombing #rosedalecenter #rosevillemn #yarnbombs #yarnbomb #thisismymn #smilesformiles #minnesotamade #mnart #cowkitty #crochetallday #cowcat #guerrillakindness #guerrillaknitting #crochetheart #redheartyarn #yarnstorm #grandmagraffiti #crocheting #rosedalemall #mnnice #minnesotaart #midwestisbest #mnexposure #mnexplore #minnstagram #minnstagrammers #mncommunity #insidethestudio #catsofig #catswithyarn #happyhooker #crochetersofig (at Rosedale Center)

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“I will always believe in you, my sweet friend.” 🌼 #yarnbombing #downtownmpls #thisismymn #knitteapolis #yarnbomb #fiberart #yarnbomber #streetart #poetry #streetpoetry #spreadthelove #crochetallday #mplsmn #downtownminneapolis #grandmagraffiti #electricfetus #yarnart #mplsart #minneapolis #happyhooker #raok #spreadkindness #guerrillaart #guerrillakindness #ibelieveinyou #iwillalwaysbelieveinyou #friendquotes #downtownskyline #electricfetusmpls #exploremn #capturempls #capturemn (at Electric Fetus)

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"If history repeats itself, I am so getting a dinosaur!" This cute critter started out as a cat, then became a Triceratops, and at the end she morphed into a Dilophosaurus which scared the heck out of me (Jurassic park left some scars). I frogged her larger mane and replaced it w/ a delicate crochet doily. She looks a lot less scary and much more friendly now. You can find Cera by the Northern Pacific-BNSF rail bridge on a fence that is frequently passed by runners and their dogs. I placed her right at pup sniffing height too so feel free to stop by and say hello next time you're on a run! #knitteapolis #yarnbomb #dinodna #nempls #mplsgraffiti #streetartphotography #yarnbombs #fiberart #yarnbombing #mplsmn #guerrillaart #crochetfun #yarnbomber #raok #capturemn #minnstagrammers #chainlinkfence #streetartist #dinosaurart #yarnbombs #grandmagraffiti #yarnstorm #crochetersofinstagram #northeastmpls #jurassicparkfanart #crochetallday #jurassicparkisreal #thisismymn #dinosaursofinstagram #landbeforetime #triceratops (at Northern Pacific-BNSF Minneapolis Rail Bridge)