The Library was Stormed!

by | May 6, 2014 | STEM, Teens | 9 comments

Yarn-stormed, that is: yarn bench | Newton MA News and Politics Blog   I noticed this addition to the bike-rack bench and this… yarn pole | Newton MA News and Politics Blog   …late last week. I’ve since been watching other sign posts for evidence of yarn, but been disappointed. Today, I finally called Ellen Meyers, the library’s director of programs and communications, to ask whether she knew about the yarn storm. She told me “library staff and community members” volunteered to knit the project. She also said this part of the library’s new STEAM program, which launched in March. So far, most of the publicity on this program (which I’d assumed was about Steampunk, but instead it’s even-cooler: Science Technology Enginering ARTS and Math) has centered around the new MakerBot 3-D printer and courses on how to use it. BUT–this month’s STEAM offerings include origami and knitting (a heavily math-based craft, trust me). Meantime, are there some benches or signposts in need of improvement? Send suggestions!

9 Comments

  1. Jerry Reilly
    Jerry Reilly on May 6, 2014 at 9:21 am

    I’d like to see one or more of those brick columns in the background of the photo above be wrapped.

  2. mgwa
    mgwa on May 6, 2014 at 9:53 am

    I noticed the yarn bombing this weekend and posted pictures on my Facebook page. Interestingly, the most frequent comment I got was out-of-state friends asking me what the heck “live parking” means.

  3. Hoss
    Hoss on May 6, 2014 at 10:18 am

    Jerry R is officially today’s knit picker

  6. Greer Tan Swiston
    Greer Tan Swiston on May 7, 2014 at 6:56 am

    And technically … don’t you mean the library has been STEAMed?

  7. Jack Cheng
    Jack Cheng on May 7, 2014 at 10:24 am

    I’ve always used the term “knit-bombed”.

  9. Claire
    Claire on May 27, 2014 at 9:09 pm

    There is a lot more INSIDE the library (the divider between books and video, e.g.) and on the walkway from the parking lot…