Where's the difference.. [Göttingen, Germany]

.. in riding a bike or a horse or some fantasy animal? There's barely any, at least for the person now riding this bike:

Schneeflocken [Göttingen, Germany]

Winter is acoming! The first snowflakes (Schneeflocken in German) coming down from a blue winter sky (and hopefully not melting away during a sunny day) can now be found in the middle of Göttingen. I hope they will be a harbinger for more snow soon!

It took me quite a while to find a good place for this knit graffiti. It was either too small or too big for all the trees and other places I tried. Finally I found a tree for which "Schneeflocken" had the right size. From there it can also be seen quite well while passing by. Nevertheless I already saw quite many people walking by without noticing.. So never forget to keep your eyes wide open! Winter may sit just around the corner or on the next tree ;-)

On the left side: "Schneeflocken" at home before going out into the cold. If anyone is interested in any knitting patterns or information about knitting those small snowflakes, don't hesitate to leave a comment or send an email to KaKuglaKnit@googlemail.com!

manga española [Seville, Spain]

Seville has now an orange tree with a sleeve (manga in Spanish). Although it is still quite hot there, I left a knitted piece at the tree. You never know, winter maybe coming soon..

The tree is part of a small recreation area on a plaza. A huge and beautifully old tree can also be found there (I suppose it

is a magnolia) as well as a fountain and a nice tapas bar. If you ever come to Seville be sure to find this scenic place. A perfect spot to winter (and of course also nice to see in summer..)!

In the picture left: "manga española" before it was put on the arm of the tree. The green wool by the way has once been a pullover my grandmother knitted for my dad. But since the sweater always was too small for him, my mother undid it later and it served me as perfect material to make oven cloths for my mother and a good friend of mine. "Löwenzahn" was also made of this wool.

KNIT ART FOUND in Cologne

While walking around in Cologne during the last days I surprisingly came across three knit graffitis. Two of them were knitted around trees in a short avenue of plane trees (unfortunately I don't have a mobile phone to decode them)..

..and the third one gave me a warm welcome while entering a small park.

I felt very comfortable with leaving my own tag "Löwenzahn" in that area, too.

If somebody knows the person/s who left these knittings there, it would be nice if you left a comment or mailed to kakuglaknit@googlemail.com or at least give my best to him/her/them!
:-)

EDIT (Nov 19, 2011): As I recently discovered, sockshype, a blog for self-customised lifestyle fashion, also found these and other knittings. See their posts "Knit Art im Belgischen Viertel" and "Knit-Art am Rathenauplatz". But they don't seem to have spotted "Löwenzahn" yet... ;-)

EDIT (Dec 9, 2011): The mystery is now solved - the graffitis were made by Fraktion de Gü.

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Löwenzahn [Cologne, Germany]

Ever seen a dandelion growing on a tree? This small "Löwenzahn" (German for dandelion) made friends with a plane tree standing in an avenue of these trees in Cologne.

It found a nice welcome there since there were already two other plane trees with yarn bombing on them and an entrance to a small park nearby also had large knittings to show (see also my post "KNIT ART FOUND in Cologne").
Hopefully my "Löwenzahn" will stay alive for a long time and will not be destroyed by weed control..

"Löwenzahn" at home before it was planted on the plane tree.