Swathes of yarn in bright colours now adorn the towering pillars in front of Mill Park library.
The library has officially been “yarn-bombed,” a colloquial term for a guerrilla art movement that uses yarn instead of paint to decorate public places.
A group of 50 knitters and crocheters “bombed” the library with their knitting handiwork.
‘Yarn bombing co-ordinator’ Karen Rosenberg headed the project, designed to celebrate the latest energy-efficiency upgrades at the library.
“You can’t see, hear or touch the benefits of the upgrades so we came up with the ambitious idea of highlighting the energy efficiency upgrades by yarn-bombing the four pillars,” Ms Rosenberg said.
Knitting stations were set up in Westfield and the Civic Centre for groups and individuals to prepare the yarn. Using 220 balls of it, they produced four knitted strips measuring five metres by 2.5 metres.
With funding from the federal government, more than 450 new lights and a solar power system were installed at three Whittlesea libraries, while changes were made to the air-conditioning systems.
