The day of the great Yarn Bomb (1 August 2014) finally arrived and hubby and I set off to Pretoria. The last time we visited the Voortrekker Monument was about 28 years ago (before we married!).
After the Garmin got us lost a few times, insisting we turn where there were no turns, or make a u-turn in the face of oncoming traffic, and attempting to send us up a dirt road we eventually arrived at the Monument.
OH MY!! OH MY! So much yarny awesomeness!!!
I have never ever seen so many granny blocks!
We had to behave like tourists and get a "selfie" at the foot of the stairs with the most spectacular display of colour in the background!
In order for the world record attempt to succeed a total number of 19050 blocks of 20cm x 20cm and 3350 blocks of 15cm x 15cm were needed.
By 14 July 2014 a total number of 27 803 squares had been collected (according to the Yarn Indaba Facebook Page).
A total of 657 blankets were made which will be gifted to various charities when the Yarn Bomb is dis-assembled this afternoon.
So many beautiful, colourful blankets, worked together so neatly.
What an amazing privilege to have been able to witness this!!!!
I am one happy lady!!