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Is Yarn Bombing the New Live Painting?

Toronto's recent Re-Make Event incorporated "yarn bombing," a rising trend that's putting a crafty spin on events.

Carolyn Grisold
June 3, 2014

Bloordale’s historic Pendell Boiler Factory recently played host to Re-Make, the launch party for Toronto’s first laneway housing development, Lanehouse on Bartlett, by Curated Properties.

“[Lanehouse] is a beautiful old factory that was being sold as a tear-down, and Curated Properties decided to save it and transform it,” said event planner Kim Graham of Kim Graham & Associates. “The event [was] about bringing together old and new maker culture in a former yarn factory to remake the space and neighbourhood.”

Playing off the venue’s hard lines and steel beams, Graham used "yarn bombing" to create a sense of pliability throughout the towering space, which echoed the condo developer’s vision of taking something once derelict and interpreting it as a new form of expression. “Yarn bombing,” a trend spotted at other recent events such FX's Fargo promotion, is a guerrilla art installation in which knitters cover street fixtures like fences or lamp posts with crocheted yarn. It's similar to graffiti but not permanent. At the Re-Make event, two whimsical swings hung from the original yarn factory rafters, suspending models dressed in knitted attire to further the event theme of transformation and craftsmanship.

Here's a look inside the yarn-filled event, which took place in late March.

At a 28-foot 'yarn bar,' servers offered local brew Beau’s Lug Tread Lagered Ale.
At a 28-foot "yarn bar," servers offered local brew Beau’s Lug Tread Lagered Ale.
Photo: Ryan Emberley
The historic Pendell Boiler Factory is being transformed by Curated Properties into Lanehouse on Bartlett, a condo development of townhouses located along a Bloordale laneway. The bash took place inside the former factory.
The historic Pendell Boiler Factory is being transformed by Curated Properties into Lanehouse on Bartlett, a condo development of townhouses located along a Bloordale laneway. The bash took place inside the former factory.
Photo: Ryan Emberley
Suspended from the factory ceiling, two swings created playful moments for models and guests.
Suspended from the factory ceiling, two swings created playful moments for models and guests.
Photo: Ryan Emberley
Yarn installations by Bissell Bombers and Fugitive Glue covered the factory’s sky-high steel beams.
Yarn installations by Bissell Bombers and Fugitive Glue covered the factory’s sky-high steel beams.
Photo: Ryan Emberley
DJ Alex Merrell spun party tunes throughout the night.
DJ Alex Merrell spun party tunes throughout the night.
Photo: Ryan Emberley
Models were dressed in luxurious undergarments created from up-cycled cashmere and merino wool sweaters by local fashion label Sartoria.
Models were dressed in luxurious undergarments created from up-cycled cashmere and merino wool sweaters by local fashion label Sartoria.
Photo: Ryan Emberley
Catering was provided by the County General, a Queen West restaurant known for its rock-and-roll comfort food, with mini Pastéis de Nata custard tarts paying homage to the neighbourhood’s Portuguese influence.
Catering was provided by the County General, a Queen West restaurant known for its rock-and-roll comfort food, with mini Pastéis de Nata custard tarts paying homage to the neighbourhood’s Portuguese influence.
Photo: Ryan Emberley
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