'Surpris par l'hiver, nus comme les vers'

NEWS FLASH LOYAL BLOG READERS- Finally, I have got my blog-act together to reveal the makings of our secret Yarn Bombing dealings! 

Upon my return from Paris, Collective ‘E’ was prepared for the last phase in our Yarn Bombing escapade- The Grand Unveiling… With ladders, needles, wool and 4 weeks-worth of crocheted and decoratively pom-pom-ed ‘tree dresses’ at the ready we set off into the night.

It took us at least a couple of hours to sort and stitch each garment to their assigned tree. We had a few close calls with the general public- an extremely disorientated man who appeared to have lost his car and was subsequently trying to break into another one (I think both parties in this situation were wanting to be stealth...) and then a few youths passed us after falling out the local (from this experience I can only assume that hitting the hooch is a standard Sunday ritual in St. Macaire) and asked if we’d knitted them with our hands, to which the more bolshy of our clan retorted ‘no, with our feet!’, luckily the lads took it in good spirit and hollered ‘respect!’ instead of a fist/empty bottle/knitting-abuse.

Once all trees were glammed-up we slinked back chez nous, step-ladders underarm for a well-deserved thaw-inducing thésan (one has to suffer for their art) and we mused on the imminent responses from our fellow St. Macarians...

One of our team, Manou, works in the local shop so she got the main buzz- people asked all of the usual ‘How/Why/When?’ but the main question on everyone’s lips was ‘Who is Collective ‘E’?’. Oh the anonymity!

Abre-cadabra!

Our efforts also got us featured in the local paper- 

crochet celebrities, to say the least...

Remember- it's a secret.
Collective E representative, over and out.