from Olympia Timberland Library & Friends
This year's yarnbombing-inspired cart was a true community effort. Timberland library staff, the Olympia Library's Monday Night Knitting group, and other knitters/crocheters from Olympia and beyond contributed their skills. The final push for completion was done in the middle of the library's youth area on a busy Saturday afternoon- Monday night knitters Kathy & Mary answered questions about the cart and enthusiastically facilitated a cart naming contest. We had 2 winners (they win hand knit scarves from Monday night knitters) and our cart is hereby named The Nancy Purl Honorary Bookcart, AKA Purl. For more info on yarnbombing/graffiti knitting, check out yarnbombing.com and knittaporfavor.wordpress.com. More cart pictures (photos by Brian VanderVeen)
Third Prize
Judge comments:
When it comes to bookcarts it’s hard to surprise us at this point, so we were pleased and amazed to see not one but two yarn-based bookcarts this year. Nancy here won out over the very awesome exiSTENCIList not only by having a superior name, but also for being that much more over-the-top. After all, if you're going to hand-knit a bookcart cozy, you may as well go all the way. Bonus: Knitted Dewey Decimal number for knitting! Olympia Timberland Library, a Pimp My Bookcart runner-up back in 2006, wins their favorite color of Smith System Mini 3 Sloping book truck.
