Installations

Knitting the Commons: Sea Otters

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Knitting the Commons: Playful Otters We yarn bombed two more clusters of sycamores in Civic Center Plaza, San Francisco as sea otters and chameleons for the Trust for Public Lands to celebrate the grand opening of the twin Helen Diller Playgrounds. This brings the menagerie to five different animals and 13 trees in total, not including

Lyft Merry Mode + Ishknits

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Washington, D.C. Lyft riders will see a new app option during the 2017 holiday season: Merry Mode. Tap it and one of three yarn bombed Lyft cars arrives complete with karaoke carols inside. Lyft donates its share of each Merry Mode fare to local nonprofit Martha’s Table. Each Merry Mode Lyft car is completely decked

Knitting the Commons: Octopuses

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(Update: parrots removed January 2018, octoupses removed July 2018.) Knitting the Commons is a temporary art project that aims to ‘knit’ together over 80 trees throughout the Civic Center Commons (the Commons) in San Francisco, California. The Commons is the new name for the three blocks between San Francisco City Hall and Market Street, including

Knitting the Commons: Parrots

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(Update: parrots removed January 2018, octoupses removed July 2018.) Knitting the Commons is a temporary art project that aims to ‘knit’ together over 80 trees throughout the Civic Center Commons (the Commons) in San Francisco, California. The Commons is the new name for the three blocks between San Francisco City Hall and Market Street, including

Knitting the Commons: Giraffes

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(Update: parrots removed January 2018, octoupses removed July 2018.) Knitting the Commons is a temporary art project that aims to ‘knit’ together over 80 trees throughout the Civic Center Commons (the Commons) in San Francisco, California. The Commons is the new name for the three blocks between San Francisco City Hall and Market Street, including

Knitting the Commons: Thread

Knitting the Commons is a temporary art project that aims to ‘knit’ together over 80 trees throughout the Civic Center Commons (the Commons) in San Francisco, California. The Commons is the new name for the three blocks between San Francisco City Hall and Market Street, including Civic Center Plaza and United Nations (UN) Plaza. Working

Fisherman’s Wharf Ugly Christmas Sweater

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Custom knit “ugly Christmas sweater” yarn bomb commissioned by the Fisherman’s Wharf Community Benefit District in San Francisco to promote Merrytime at the Wharf: various holiday events and festive atmosphere as well as a “Share the Warmth” coat drive for the homeless population of San Francisco. The custom design using the district’s branding palette and holiday colors featured

Merck + Mondo Guerra

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In collaboration with Cohn & Wolfe we produced, knit and installed Positivitrees, a yarn installation designed by Project Runway star Mondo Guerra for Merck’s Project IDesign at the 2016 U.S. Conference on AIDS in Miami, Florida. This project is an example of a full-service production on a rush schedule.  The design pushes the envelope on our technical

Fisherman’s Wharf Holiday Tree Yarn Bombs

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Custom knit “ugly Christmas sweater” yarn bombs commissioned by the Fisherman’s Wharf Community Benefit District in San Francisco and sponsored by local businesses to promote Merrytime at the Wharf: various holiday events and festive atmosphere as well as a “Share the Warmth” coat drive for the homeless population of San Francisco. The custom design features each sponsor’s

GitHub Universe Benches

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Yarn bombed bench installation at GitHub Universe 2015 in San Francisco, California. Three custom knit benches created for event sponsors. Read the full story of this yarn bomb here. Stats: Acrylic yarn, teak wood. Per bench: 1 week to design and construct, 4 hours to install.