WHILE leaves start to fall across the region as autumn takes hold, guerrilla yarn bombers will set their sights on trees in Mount Gambier’s Cave Gardens next week in an effort to keep them cosy for winter.
Wrapping the branches in colourful flowers made of yarn, the Twisted Threads group will decorate the space in the lead up to its annual autumn exhibition.
Coinciding with the Generations in Jazz festival, the group is encouraging people to jazz up their wardrobes with playful knits in time for the chilly season.
With eight previous exhibitions, the group is confident it has found the perfect format and is excited to do it again this year.
Starting next Thursday, the exhibition will be held in the library foyer, a first for the club.
“We usually hold our exhibition in one of the function rooms in the back, but this year we are expanding to the foyer which is very exciting,” group coordinator Julianne Woodruff said.
“On the Friday we coincide with the Jazz in the Park event, so we are hopeful people might pop in and see what kind of things we will have on offer.
“We’ll have some pretty jazzy and out there things, but also a few more universal items like little fingerless gloves for playing instruments and scarves and beanies for keeping warm.”
In previous years, the group has adorned the area’s trees with other woollen objects including pom poms and wrapping them up like maypoles.
“I think the children get a real kick out of it,” Ms Woodruff said.
“They walk past and think the trees are flowering, it’s very sweet.
“We encourage people to take our woollen flowers if they would like to keep one, but hope they do not disappear due to vandals.”
Meeting each week at the library since it started, the group has a steady dozen members who attend regularly but up to 30 people at any one time.
Although many members are keen knitters, various craft techniques are performed in the group, including felting, crochet, embroidery, lace making and many others.
The group is always on the look out for new members and meets at 9.30am each Wednesday.
The Twisted Threads autumn exhibition will run next week from Thursday until Sunday.
