The 16th St tree scarf

I thought I'd post this to take our minds off plastic-infused take-out food and MTA fare increases.



Someone knitted a lovely tree scarf, located on 16th St btw 7th and 8th ave.

Love it.

§ 18–104 Trees and vegetation; jurisdiction. The planting, care and cultivation of all trees and other forms of vegetation in streets shall be under the exclusive jurisdiction of the commissioner, except as otherwise provided in section 18-105 of this title. The commissioner is authorized to use such portions of the parks, for the cultivation of tree plants, as he or she may set apart for that purpose, [size=18]without detriment to the parks in which such nurseries are established, to enable him or her at all times to have tree plants adapted for growth under the varying conditions of soil and surroundings in streets.

I'm calling the cops!

looks like a button wood tree

Hamilton wrote: looks like a button wood tree

I am retarded I am. I'm scrolling up and down looking at the bark, trying to figure, well....

i saw that the other day and was going to take pics.. you beat me to it. knitting is very cool these days. (cough, cough, hint, hint)

i want to know who made it!

Subject: Whimsical

Very whimsical.

what you can't see from the shot is that the other side is all cable knitted. someone put a whole lot of work into the tree scarf!

KNITTA PLEASE

more knit graffiti

Nuts...

all of those are awesome!

can one of these people crochet me a beanie already?!

graffiti on a subway wall:

My mother made me a homosexual!

someone writes underneath it:

If I get her the yarn will she make me one too? :P

modsquad wrote: graffiti on a subway wall:

My mother made me a homosexual!

someone writes underneath it:

If I get her the yarn will she make me one too? :P

cute..

I was in SF on election day. There were all kinds of protest re: Prop 8. My favorite sign from an obviously queer guy "Would you rather I married your daughter?"




he's got a very good point.

Back to the knitting. My trees all look naked now

I posted a photo of this tree on Flickr a few weeks back. Apparently there's this whole "guerilla knitting" movement going on! There are even Flickr groups devoted to it!

And it's a tree sweater, not a tree scarf, silly...

Oh YEA! I remember seeing someone, seriously, knitting a cover for her entire car about two months ago. It was on Webster Pl. (Street between 6th and 7th, and between Prospect and 16th). She was sitting, on the street, with her knitting sticks or whatever... knitting a car cover. She was like 2/3 done.

How did I forget about that!

Mpmav1 wrote: Oh YEA! I remember seeing someone, seriously, knitting a cover for her entire car about two months ago. It was on Webster Pl. (Street between 6th and 7th, and between Prospect and 16th). She was sitting, on the street, with her knitting sticks or whatever... knitting a car cover. She was like 2/3 done.

How did I forget about that!

Reading my own post, I almost don't believe it myself. haha.... no one else has seen this have they?

Mpmav1 wrote: Oh YEA! I remember seeing someone, seriously, knitting a cover for her entire car about two months ago. It was on Webster Pl. (Street between 6th and 7th, and between Prospect and 16th). She was sitting, on the street, with her knitting sticks or whatever... knitting a car cover. She was like 2/3 done.

How did I forget about that!

Um..."knitting needles".

danielle123 wrote: [quote=Mpmav1]Oh YEA! I remember seeing someone, seriously, knitting a cover for her entire car about two months ago. It was on Webster Pl. (Street between 6th and 7th, and between Prospect and 16th). She was sitting, on the street, with her knitting sticks or whatever... knitting a car cover. She was like 2/3 done.

How did I forget about that!

Um..."knitting needles".

yes.

brooklynpotter wrote: i saw that the other day and was going to take pics.. you beat me to it. knitting is very cool these days. (cough, cough, hint, hint)

i want to know who made it!

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Apparantly someone with a good sense of humor, who could be classified as a knitwit

it's often called "subversive knitting"

waste of yarn and maybe harmful to the trees. how about knitting stuff for cold people with not very much money or little shelter doggies?

Mpmav1 wrote: Oh YEA! I remember seeing someone, seriously, knitting a cover for her entire car about two months ago. It was on Webster Pl. (Street between 6th and 7th, and between Prospect and 16th). She was sitting, on the street, with her knitting sticks or whatever... knitting a car cover. She was like 2/3 done.

How did I forget about that!

Maybe she could knit a caddy for my caddy!( I know, some call it a cozy)

on a purely financial level, it's far less expensive (materials and time spent) to purchase used clothing for those less fortunate.

on a purely emotional level, are you kidding?

yoda wrote: waste of yarn and maybe harmful to the trees. how about knitting stuff for cold people with not very much money or little shelter doggies?

Maybe you should be out feeding the poor instead of pontificating on the blogosphere. :x

This is what will happen in the Spring!

i believe, mod squad, that is is a method used to extinguish harmful tree-killing moths. on particular trees.

brooklynpotter wrote: i believe, mod squad, that is is a method used to extinguish harmful tree-killing moths. on particular trees.

Anything that crawls up a trunk is up to no good. Soak that scarf in gasoline and it will take care of the gypsy moth problem in PS. It might help cut down on the squirrels too! :P

we have gypsy moths here?

brooklynpotter wrote: we have gypsy moths here?

Not since I started wrapping gasoline soaked rags around the ginkos!

be careful, you don't want them putting a curse on you.

How cute. I hope nobody steals it. I bet the fire hydrant(s) on the block is pissed off.

I wish I could knit! Someday.

yoda wrote: waste of yarn and maybe harmful to the trees. how about knitting stuff for cold people with not very much money or little shelter doggies?

Ok, you go first.