This is my tree, and this is how it will live through the Wisconsin Winter. Yes, I have knit and crocheted every stitch, and so far I have spent ~6 hours on an extension ladder piecing together what I affectionately call my "2014 Tree Sweater". I call this about 75% complete as I have a few more pieces to go high on the limbs.
Technically, this isn't a sweater. And it really cannot be called a yarn bomb because there was no secrecy to my project. In reality, this is my sanity sweater. Last year the Wisconsin winter was so cold and gray and long that everyone I knew had the most extreme case of cabin fever that I've ever seen. As for me, I felt I would implode from the constant gray and bitter cold. This winter, I will look out upon my maple tree and see bright colors looking back at me, reminding me of the whimsical days of spring, summer and fall.
This isn't my first tree sweater, this is just the biggest. For the last three years I have knit a conservative, yet lovely little pieces that wrapped around the tree in November and removed in April.
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| 2013 (c) Barbie Simons |
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| 2012 (c) Barbie Simons |
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| 2011 (c) Barbie Simons |
What are you planning to help you through the cold winter?
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