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Knitted leaves in Phoenix Park

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  • 25-05-2012 2:35pm
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    Bruncvik
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    This may be a long shot, as I didn't find anything on Google or here, but anyone knows the story behind the knitted leaves on trees in Phoenix Park? I found one such tree towards the west end of the park:
    9Zuyb.jpg
    I'd appreciate any info I could get.


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    spurious
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    How interesting. I did a bit of a google and like you didn't find anything specific about the Phoenix Park, but I found photos of examples in other parts of the world.

    Maybe it's a movement to 'green' a few trees in the winter months. I must say if I had come across them they would have made me smile, so they can't be bad.


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    Alias G
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    Fairy tree??


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    bladebrew
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    This is something known as guerilla knitting or yarnbombing, its basically knitting things then leaving them in public as far as i can tell, i read an article about it before, seems bonkers but i like it:)

    http://knitthecity.com/

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yarn_bombing

    edit: spurious basically answered the question, it is a street art


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    fonzy157
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    Bruncvik wrote: »
    This may be a long shot, as I didn't find anything on Google or here, but anyone knows the story behind the knitted leaves on trees in Phoenix Park? I found one such tree towards the west end of the park:
    9Zuyb.jpg
    I'd appreciate any info I could get.

    Pretty cool!
    Where in Phoenix park did you find it?


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    Bruncvik
    Registered Users Posts: 153 ✭✭Bruncvik


    bladebrew wrote: »
    This is something known as guerilla knitting or yarnbombing, its basically knitting things then leaving them in public as far as i can tell, i read an article about it before, seems bonkers but i like it

    Many thanks! I like it as well, just wanted to know more about it. I'll try to find more :)

    fonzy157: On the extreme west end of the big lawn, close to the Duck Pond. A lonely tree in the grass.


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    fonzy157
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    Thanks- plan to go and check it out!


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    Cookie_Monster
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    Reminds me of the "christmas" tree on the Sally Gap road just up from the Glenmacnas Waterfall, a random conifer that got covered in decorations and tinsel for years.


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    OldGoat
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    I went to take some photos of the tree last night and failed to find it. :( Is it still there and I went to the wrong place or have the knitted leaves been taken down?
    I thought it was along the Upper Glen road. Was it visible from the road?

    I'm older than Minecraft goats.



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    Bruncvik
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    Sorry; the Duck Pond remark may have been a little misleading. I checked my pictures from that day, and it was the first shot I took after the pond, so I thought it was closer than it really was. Here's the rough area where I found it - a standalone tree, slightly off the forested areas:

    f1jPD.jpg


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