The first knitting which caught my eye after I had put up my own one, had the words "R.I.P GLADYS TOLLEY" on it. Apparently, Gladys Tolley was an Algonquin woman hit by a police car in 2001, as you can read here. According to her daughter, Bridget Tolley, the circumstances of her mother's killing had not been investigated properly and at least until 2011 she was still fighting to seek justice in that matter. Unfortunately, I couldn't find any information if she has been successful by now.



A third knitting tells an even more horrible story: "STACEY DIABO", a young woman from Kahnawake, also a reserve in Quebec, was killed by Alexis Delisle in 2003. However, Delisle has been acquitted of murder: After threatening Delisle several times because Delisle was seeing Diabo's ex-boyfriend, Diabo managed to gain access to Delisle's house at 4 p.m. in the morning, being drunk and accompanied by a friend, who faught with Delisle's mother
outside the house and vandalized her car in the meantime. In self-defense, Delisle stabbed Diabo with a knife.
This knitting seems definitely to be created by the same person as the first one, when comparing the way of knitting, the stitches of the letters and the decoration. But considering the background stories, I suppose all these yarn bombings were made by the same person or group. However, a fifth knitting

So if anyone of you out there knows who made these knittings or has any other information about them, tell me because I would be very interested to know! Write a comment or send me an email (see information on the right side). Thank you! :-)
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