How to make a yarn bomb by Valpuri Vihriala You need 4-5 mm needles Around 70 g of different colour DK yarns. Waste yarns from previous projects would be “Sounds from the Other City is a perfect, do put them in use! Gauge: fantastic opportunity to bring all Usually the gauge in double knitting yarn is 22 stitches and 30 rows to 10 cm (with these people the very short walk 4mm needles). To knit a yarn bomb to a lamp post which around measures 36 cm: across the Irwell...it has the feeling Create 60-66 stitches (if your hand knitting is tight create 60+ stitches, if it's very loose that everyone’s gone out for the day create 55-60 stitches). As the knitting goes along it gets its real gauge and it is good to make it slightly tighter than the lamp post would be as it sits there more firmly as it has to a little village somewhere.” been sewed on. Mark and Maurice Carlin, Sounds from the Other City organisers As many colours you have, change the colour every 6th-12th rows, depending how thick you want the stripes. To change the colour, all you need to do is to cut off the yarn from the old colour, leave WELCOME TO Sounds from the Other City 2010, the annual about 6 cm tail so it doesn't unravel, and start to knit with the new colour as you were knitting before. celebration of the promoters and artists who are doing the most When you have about 15 cm or more (yarn bomb you can knit as long as you like, the interesting things in the city! Now in its sixth year, this year’s Sounds from bigger the better of course ;), Cast off using the slip stitch over method. Take your yarn bomb and sew it on to a lamp post or something else similar thickness. The Other City is the biggest yet . If you want to knit something smaller, just pay attention to the gauge and cut down the Expect Chapel Street to be turned upside down with unusual sights and sounds, from a size depending if your hand knitting is tight or loose by + - 6 stitches. Measure the place musical milk float to knitted lampposts and a village fete. Venture into the type of you want to place the yarn bomb and calculate the gauge based on that. buildings you might never have expected to go to in, let alone for a gig, from huge St Philip’s You can either knit every row depending on skill. Or you can knit on the right side and purl on the wrong side (this pattern creates the "jersey fabric" famously first used in Church, one of the most distinctive sights on the Salford skyline, to a community centre. fashion by Coco Chanel — see little fact there). Mark and Maurice Carlin, the festival’s organisers, explained: ‘We bring people to spaces You can also play with the knit and purl rows to create texturous stripes knitting they’ve never been before. Before it was predominantly old Salford boozers, but the such as: venues are incredibly diverse this year.’ Row 1.: Knit Row 2: Purl Explore Row 3: Purl More advanced knitters: Row 4: Knit If you prefer not to sew your yarn bomb on, you can create History and culture button holes by following this pattern: Of course, Salford isn’t just there for Sounds from the Other City, and there are plenty of 2nd row: Knit 2, Yarn over, Knit 2 together as one. Knit (or purl if other places to explore all year round. Around the Chapel Street/Crescent area are the you are following the Jersey fabric pattern). fabulous Salford Museum & Art Gallery (make sure you also visit Peel Park, which was the Knit or purl for a few rows then on the 10th row: Knit 2, Yarn over, world’s first public park, next door, if the weather’s nice) and the Working Class Movement Knit 2 together as one. Library. A little further on is Salford Lads Club, then Salford Quays, with the Imperial War Carry on as that by adding the button holes every 8th row, make Museum North and the Lowry centre. sure they all end up on the same end of the knitting, until your Walk or cycle preferred length. Salford can also be explored on foot — or by bike. Levenshulme Bicycle Orchestra Sew the buttons on the opposite end of the yarn bomb where (musicians and cyclists who will be appearing on the Mind on Fire vs. Wot God Forgot stage) the holes are, to the side that you want to be visible and it is ready recommend a ride along the ‘massive’, historic Manchester Ship Canal, which can be to be buttoned to a lamp post! Yarn over — wind the yarn around the knitting needle once (or accessed from Manchester city centre by riding through Castlefield along the Bridgewater in some patterns, several times!) before knitting the stitch with it. Canal, where the River Irwell turns into the ship canal. Tour If you fancy a more formal visit, there are regular boat and walking tours of Salford, Yarn bombing is a project by Islington Mill based duo ArtYarn (Rachael Elwell and Sarah Hardacre) Valpuri Vihriala including a Salford Music Walk coinciding with Sounds from the Other City which will leave www.artyarn.blogspot.com . Manchester-based artist works with ArtYarn on projects as well as creating her own work: www.purlpuri.blogspot.com . from outside Salford Museum & Art Gallery at 2pm, costing £2. This visits several Sounds from the Other City venues, including Islington Mill and St Philip’s Church, as well as The King’s Arms Knitting & Crochet Club takes place in the Snug at the King’s Arms every Monday from recording studios and the Working Class Movement Library. See www.visitsalford.info . 7-9pm. The Islington Mill Knitting Club meets on the last Saturday of every month from 1-4pm to learn new techniques, to share ideas, yarns and projects, and to work on community projects brought to the group by the members. Wool and needles/ hooks are available to try out , as well as knitting books and magazines to browse. How to make a yarn bomb by Valpuri Vihriala You need 4-5 mm needles Around 70 g of different colour DK yarns. Waste yarns from previous projects would be “Sounds from the Other City is a perfect, do put them in use! Gauge: fantastic opportunity to bring all Usually the gauge in double knitting yarn is 22 stitches and 30 rows to 10 cm (with these people the very short walk 4mm needles). To knit a yarn bomb to a lamp post which around measures 36 cm: across the Irwell...it has the feeling Create 60-66 stitches (if your hand knitting is tight create 60+ stitches, if it's very loose that everyone’s gone out for the day create 55-60 stitches). As the knitting goes along it gets its real gauge and it is good to make it slightly tighter than the lamp post would be as it sits there more firmly as it has to a little village somewhere.” been sewed on. Mark and Maurice Carlin, Sounds from the Other City organisers As many colours you have, change the colour every 6th-12th rows, depending how thick you want the stripes. To change the colour, all you need to do is to cut off the yarn from the old colour, leave WELCOME TO Sounds from the Other City 2010, the annual about 6 cm tail so it doesn't unravel, and start to knit with the new colour as you were knitting before. celebration of the promoters and artists who are doing the most When you have about 15 cm or more (yarn bomb you can knit as long as you like, the interesting things in the city! Now in its sixth year, this year’s Sounds from bigger the better of course ;), Cast off using the slip stitch over method. Take your yarn bomb and sew it on to a lamp post or something else similar thickness. The Other City is the biggest yet . If you want to knit something smaller, just pay attention to the gauge and cut down the Expect Chapel Street to be turned upside down with unusual sights and sounds, from a size depending if your hand knitting is tight or loose by + - 6 stitches. Measure the place musical milk float to knitted lampposts and a village fete. Venture into the type of you want to place the yarn bomb and calculate the gauge based on that. buildings you might never have expected to go to in, let alone for a gig, from huge St Philip’s You can either knit every row depending on skill. Or you can knit on the right side and purl on the wrong side (this pattern creates the "jersey fabric" famously first used in Church, one of the most distinctive sights on the Salford skyline, to a community centre. fashion by Coco Chanel — see little fact there). Mark and Maurice Carlin, the festival’s organisers, explained: ‘We bring people to spaces You can also play with the knit and purl rows to create texturous stripes knitting they’ve never been before. Before it was predominantly old Salford boozers, but the such as: venues are incredibly diverse this year.’ Row 1.: Knit Row 2: Purl Explore Row 3: Purl More advanced knitters: Row 4: Knit If you prefer not to sew your yarn bomb on, you can create History and culture button holes by following this pattern: Of course, Salford isn’t just there for Sounds from the Other City, and there are plenty of 2nd row: Knit 2, Yarn over, Knit 2 together as one.