yarn bombing Archives - Bradley Stoke Journal

Photo of crocheted decoration on top of a red postbox.

Wednesday 15th June 2022 SH (Editor)

Yarn bombers decorate Willow Brook post box

A decorative ‘topper’ that has appeared on the Royal Mail post box in the foyer of Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook shopping centre is the work of a newly formed group of local ‘yarn bombers’, the Journal can reveal. Post box toppers first became popular in 2020, during the first Covid-19 lockdown, as a way of thanking NHS staff and putting a small on people’s faces…

Yarn bombing on Patchway Brook Roundabout in Bradley Stoke, Bristol.

Friday 12th December 2014 SH (Editor)

Yarn bombers call on residents to “adopt a lamp post for Christmas”

The team behind the recent ‘Bobbly Stoke’ yarn bombing stunt in north Bradley Stoke is calling on local residents to support them in a new project that will see lamp posts and signposts in the town adorned with Christmas decorations. One member of the team, Caroline Sullivan, told The Journal: “After our bobbly hat success, the ‘adopt a Christmas lamp post’ idea

'Bobbly Stoke' yarn bombing: Bobble hats on the road sign posts on Patchway Brook Roadabout, Bradley Stoke, Bristol.

Monday 8th December 2014 SH (Editor)

‘Bobbly Stoke’ yarn bombing stunt a big hit with residents

The appearance of scores of colourful knitted bobble hats on bollards and sign posts in north Bradley Stoke at the end of October proved a big hit with local residents, many of whom took to social media to praise the efforts of a mystery group of ‘yarn bombers’ said to be behind the initiative. The bobble hat ‘attack’ was centred