Penticton Art Gallery X Seniors Wellness Society Yarn Bombing Project
Valerie (Seniors Wellness Society) and Carla (Penticton Art Gallery) strike a pose after installing the first phase of the knitting project.
When COVID-19 hit Penticton and we could no longer host our seniors' art classes in person, we got to work thinking of distant projects that we could do together. One of those projects was this one -- yarn bombing! We put a call out to Seniors Wellness Society for their participants to create knitted or crochet squares that we would sew together to wrap a tree outside the Gallery.
The project grew to include others from the community as well as many students from the School District. In the end, we had over 300 creators aged 9-99! Thank you to everyone who made the first stage of this project possible.
If you're walking near the Gallery, stop by for a photoshoot and tag your photos with #YYFYarnBomb.
We want to continue this project! Want to get involved? Create a knitted or crochet square, a felted flower, or pompoms and drop them off at the Penticton Art Gallery. Let's beautify the city!
Special thanks to Carla from the Gallery and Valerie from Seniors Wellness Society for organizing this incredible community project.
