bazinga – 1. A catchy phrase to accompany your clever pranks. As popularized by Sheldon Cooper (The Big Bang Theory). 2. A short post highlighting something that Emma and Kelly think is freaking fabulous.
I love flashmobs. Today, I came across a link to a knitting flashmob:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pul1Ja8gWBg
I defy you to look at it and not smile. The accompanying text on youtube says, in part:
“Since 1955, Loes Veenstra has knitted over 550 sweaters and stored them in her home on the 2nd Carnissestraat in Rotterdam. The sweaters have never been worn. Until today. […] Loes and the fruit of her decades of knitting were ‘discovered’ by Museum Rotterdam. The museum has put her sweaters on display as part of the exhibition ´Over leven in Carnisse´ (Life in Carnisse), on show until January 18, 2013 in Gemaal op Zuid (Pretorialaan 141, Rotterdam).”
The text also contains links to the exhibition and a book about Loes’ sweaters.
Everyone in the flashmob is wearing one of her handknitted, never-before-worn sweaters. It is a gallery of styles from the past decades (yes! I remember the 80s!) shown off in style and good cheer.