How yarn bombing grew into a worldwide movement | Magda Sayeg

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  • @titanspirit7238
    @titanspirit7238 8 ปีที่แล้ว +129

    The girl at 25 seconds in is clearly unimpressed. Gets to go to a potentially cool Ted talk and it ends up being about yarn lol.

    • @s_mazey
      @s_mazey 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I just laughed out loud. Literally

    • @jenebelsantiago3151
      @jenebelsantiago3151 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I laughed so hard to this 😂

  • @ricardo.mazeto
    @ricardo.mazeto 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    2:58 The audience reaction bring me to tears!

  • @ChrisGirard
    @ChrisGirard 8 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    This happened a couple of years ago in LA, this woman 'yarn bombed' a couple of bicycle racks and parking meters and people like me would lock up their bikes on this yarn and it all eventually wore out, some faster than others, and now it's a bunch of dirty broken yarn collected on the bottom of each of these racks. I am not sure how much community was created but it brought a couple of baristas and workers from nearby stores together to clean up her mess.

    • @nawr494
      @nawr494 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I suppose "everything must die." Nice that it brought some people together at least

  • @hubertmaliszewski9649
    @hubertmaliszewski9649 8 ปีที่แล้ว +130

    Somewhere a homeless person stands in the cold, looking at a tree wearing a sweater.

    • @helenofargos
      @helenofargos 8 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      +Hubert Maliszewski What's actually pretty cool about the evolution of this movement is that a lot of towns (like my own hometown) make the knitting easy to remove so that, until the next rain storm, the homeless population can actually remove the art pieces and wear them as scarves or use them as blankets. The yarn bombers frequently will take down their own work (or local businesses will save the pieces before they're damaged by weather) so there isn't litter left on the streets.
      Not every city's yarn bombers do this, but many of them do, at this point.

    • @mosabalkhani301
      @mosabalkhani301 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      😂

    • @SteinErikDahle
      @SteinErikDahle 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Mer M, marvellous!

    • @hantejudy
      @hantejudy 8 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      +Hubert Maliszewski Some of the groups remove the yarnbombs after a few weeks, wash them, stitch them together in to blankets, and give them to shelters. Recycling artwork, pretty cool. Many of the same crafters knit hats, scarves and blankets for the homeless in their spare time.

  • @Mattteus
    @Mattteus 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Math and fabric arts go hand in hand. When I rekindled my passion for crocheting, I realised that geometry plays a HUGE part in making anything.

  • @ductuslupus87
    @ductuslupus87 8 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    0:24: What must that girl be thinking?

    • @redwinepinkhair
      @redwinepinkhair 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Exactly! She looked like she'd no clue what's she doing at a TED talk xD

    • @ZyfLa
      @ZyfLa 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      +runangolee lol exactly what I was thinking

    • @SteinErikDahle
      @SteinErikDahle 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Roo Torres, well, this was one of a number of talks. Not every one of them is as interesting...

    • @redwinepinkhair
      @redwinepinkhair 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Stein-Erik Dahle Ahahah that must be it!

  • @mcpeko
    @mcpeko 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    3:57 is just too wildly awesome!

  • @mothskey
    @mothskey 8 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Imagine all the dust and smoke sticking to the yarn as time goes on, not to mention diseases. Woah.

  • @frictionBiscuits
    @frictionBiscuits 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I find yarn bombing a waste of time and bad for the environment. Does she not consider what happens to yarn after being exposed to rain and snow? Wet, moldy yarn does not help a community. Trees aren't meant to be bundled up in yarn. It's like tying a plastic bag to a tree.
    Why not use the yarn to make blankets and knitwear for the people who need it? A sleeve for a pole can be easily be a scarf for a person.

  • @minkailulamin1304
    @minkailulamin1304 8 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    0:25- "oh my god mom....shutupppp"

    • @HiAdrian
      @HiAdrian 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Perfect caption xD

    • @louiesloops
      @louiesloops 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +Minkailu Lamin I was laughing so hard when I saw her face.

  • @Kxider
    @Kxider 8 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    How does she knows that she's the first one who start this thing?

    • @DonSpartan
      @DonSpartan 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Well, she's white so clearly she discovered it first, even if she discovered it while seeing some other people in some tribe in the world doing it. She gets to claim first and it goes in the book as her being first.

    • @ciannacoleman5125
      @ciannacoleman5125 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      She may not have been the one to first come up with it but she is the one who popularized it, like Darwin and evolution (which he denounced on his deathbed btw)

  • @oneverse111
    @oneverse111 8 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    0:24 When all the drugs hit at once and you must concentrate on not dying.

  • @MileyonDisney
    @MileyonDisney 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Me, my, I, me, me, me! A legend in her own mind.

  • @tallereseugenia
    @tallereseugenia ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yo tengo una frase que siempre le digo a mis alumnas de tejido,sus manos pueden hacer magia 🌟

  • @FamilyFizz
    @FamilyFizz 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I see yarn bombing in our town Watford. My children love it! ☺

  • @BeautyByKelela
    @BeautyByKelela 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Looks cute until the elements wear down the yarn and it gets mouldy and begins to smell :/

    • @garvinkelly
      @garvinkelly 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@SongokuJidai you heard wrong, it just sits there getting grosser and grosser

  • @PaticusMD
    @PaticusMD 8 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    "Yarn Bombs" are not a thing, no one does this except for a few individuals. This is not a movement, just a few person with nothing better to do with there time

    • @TitanOfClash
      @TitanOfClash 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      That was almost perfect.

    • @hantejudy
      @hantejudy 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      +Pat B There are groups doing this all over the world, in every major city and many small ones. It's much bigger than you think. Google "yarnbombing" and look at images.

  • @Kay-lm7jm
    @Kay-lm7jm 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Oh my gawwwwd!!! You're like talkin like so much of like gibberish!

  • @_donjose
    @_donjose 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    im in love with this lady

  • @GGWalace
    @GGWalace 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I think the girl didn't have much to say why people liked yarn bombing and went into the philosophical non answer that this is the greatest thing in connecting people and digital age being bad/exhaustive helps to connect to folksy vibe.
    My answer to this can be summed up is that it is 'new' and it 'looks good'. Two fundamental qualities that capture the attention of our brains to go 'look at this' .
    But what do I know? Not like I spent time to get a Art degree.

  • @TheLivirus
    @TheLivirus 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    So, *Graffiti* basically.

  • @shobhitaagrawal
    @shobhitaagrawal 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The girl at 0:25 is like did i pay to listen to this stuff?

  • @SweetGaBrownin
    @SweetGaBrownin 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I absolutely love this!

  • @ASLTheatre
    @ASLTheatre 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I wonder how Magda reacted to the Game Theory episode about Yarn Bombing.

  • @Atypical-Abbie
    @Atypical-Abbie 8 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Is this a hipster thing? Feel like a hipster thing.

    • @Dertraz
      @Dertraz 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      it is obviously

  • @Margar02
    @Margar02 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    knitting has been around thousands of years. who says this chick invented it? she thinks she started a global movement because people around the world do yarn bombing.... ok.... but, out of millions of people around the world who knit or crochet, is she so arrogant to think she's the only person who ever thought to put a bit of knitting on an inanimate object for funsies? she sounds like she's humble-bragging this entire speech.

  • @Lone-Traveler
    @Lone-Traveler 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i know that they say this is art and harmless. but in reality this is vandleism XD can you imagine how hard it would be to get all that stuff off if you needed to? it makes spray paint looks like side walk chalk in comparison

    • @crochetingcanuck
      @crochetingcanuck 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What? It just takes a couple snips with scissors or a slash of a knife.

    • @Lone-Traveler
      @Lone-Traveler 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      not at all

    • @crochetingcanuck
      @crochetingcanuck 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lone Traveler
      As someone who works with yarn daily, I know it is incredibly easy to remove yarn from anything if you don't mind ruining the yarn.

    • @Lone-Traveler
      @Lone-Traveler 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      but its over the entire buss! what about the edges?
      i guess i could see how it would be easier than i was first thinking but wouldn't it still be kind hard? especially with as tall as the buss is?

    • @crochetingcanuck
      @crochetingcanuck 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lone Traveler
      As tall as the bus is, how you think she got it on there in the first place? If she got up there to get it on, it shouldn't be any different to get up there to get it off. And the process of getting it off would be quicker and easier than getting it on.

  • @Eragonoon
    @Eragonoon 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    This is just a video of her talking of something she likes... Nothing major. I'd like that TED stopped showcasing these pointless type of videos. Whilt it looks something interesting, her yarn bombing isn't an "idea worth spreading", it is just a hobby she made when she was bored.

  • @TaePhotoVideo
    @TaePhotoVideo 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I have never heard of yarn bombing.

  • @PapakatsuTom
    @PapakatsuTom 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Not a good time to be uploading stuffs with bombs in their names

  • @ellabun
    @ellabun 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    People here were doing this to trees YEARS ago...

  • @evren.builds
    @evren.builds 8 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Doesn't it get dirty?

    • @Tiiinoni
      @Tiiinoni 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Evren Uçar I was jsut about to comment that. it's really unhygienic lol

    • @zelial3
      @zelial3 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Tomppa M
      um, the whole outside is really "unhygienic" and it's ok.

    • @Tiiinoni
      @Tiiinoni 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +zelial3 some things are worse than others. There are surfaces that allow germs to be presenf for longer periods of time. there is a reason door habdles are usually metal

    • @hantejudy
      @hantejudy 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +Evren Uçar They do eventually get dirty. Then the same group comes and removes them, and washes them. They can be used again for another installation or turned into something to keep someone warm.

    • @evren.builds
      @evren.builds 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Judy H Thats nice to hear...

  • @Mattteus
    @Mattteus 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    1:24 you're *HOOKED*??

  • @austinearl433
    @austinearl433 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    guys, who is going to tell her that nobody actually parked their cars and took a picture of yarn on a stop sign

  • @bryantchan6168
    @bryantchan6168 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    so creative

  • @SabrinaSauce
    @SabrinaSauce 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is so cute, but I can't help thinking that the yarn would start sagging from weathering. :/

    • @vermilliongecko
      @vermilliongecko 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      When you sew it onto the street furniture, you stretch the fabric and sew it on as tightly as possible to compensate for that. You also measure the street furniture you knitting for so that you knit to precise dimensions for a snug fit.

  • @hammieinvestigations5392
    @hammieinvestigations5392 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I like the yarn look. Very cool.

  • @balikakamble1433
    @balikakamble1433 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    awesome, thank you so much.

  • @anarubio2404
    @anarubio2404 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    COMO PUEDO ENCOTRAR EL VÍDEO SUSTITULADO EN ESPAÑOL

  • @VkusgizniRu1
    @VkusgizniRu1 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Прикольное движение! :))

  • @Jo-hh8hx
    @Jo-hh8hx 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    wow, so much hatred in the comments section... and when was the last time you did something purely gratuitous that added a little bit of magic out there ?!

    • @pechblendae
      @pechblendae 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Magic until it gets wet and stays exposed to sun, smog, pollution, rain, snow.

  • @otiscarr9362
    @otiscarr9362 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    but the weather will ruin them.

    • @vermilliongecko
      @vermilliongecko 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It takes a long time for the weather to take its toll, and if a piece is made to measure, it keeps its shape.

  • @tobuscusfoop
    @tobuscusfoop 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Wrong day to use the word bomb lol

  • @curtiss5781
    @curtiss5781 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Straight out of Dr.Seuss

  • @davidkychan2481
    @davidkychan2481 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "Ideas worth spreading"
    Haha I doubt anyone in my area will bother knitting these works, nonetheless, a reasonably good TED talk.

  • @graciekinnaman3056
    @graciekinnaman3056 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm getting James Veitch vibes from this woman

  • @JD2jr.
    @JD2jr. 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I pushed through the annoying voice only to listen to a pointless talk by someone who thinks they're super influential but really has done nothing worthwhile.

  • @TheAnnoyingGunner
    @TheAnnoyingGunner 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is actually a good analogy for social justice warriors. Wrapping everything in fuzzy knittings.

  • @kugelblitz2001
    @kugelblitz2001 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Not sure if TED talk or parody of a TED talk.

  • @mosabalkhani301
    @mosabalkhani301 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    wooow soooo creative !👍

  • @austinearl433
    @austinearl433 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    1:57 she vandalized a statue owned by either the government or a private buisiness

    • @vermilliongecko
      @vermilliongecko 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      'Vandalised' LOL. Get over yourself. No damage done.

  • @ДимаРазумовский-з1ь
    @ДимаРазумовский-з1ь ปีที่แล้ว

    As for me, I don't really like this kind of tuning. Because this bus you can use not often. he can only leave in good weather and that's it bad

  • @FigliadiSephiroth
    @FigliadiSephiroth 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I don't know how to feel about this. I believe in freedom of expression, but I don't like the idea of doing it on public property. Public property is meant to be owned by everyone, and not everyone likes a sequence of mismatched, multi-colored street poles. I for one am one who prefers uniformity in color and plainess (to make it simple, I find a white wall more aesthetically appealing than one filled with artsy graffiti). If she did yarn bomb on her own stuff, or stuff other people own (private) and who asked her to do it, I wouldn't mind. But not public stuff.

  • @janelle_is_artsy
    @janelle_is_artsy 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    These audience's faces! Hahahaha!!! 😂

  •  8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice day for this title..

  • @fizz113
    @fizz113 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Bit of an insensitive title, given what happened today in Brussels...

    • @HunterHarris
      @HunterHarris 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      So we're in the business of banning words now? I understand what happened was awful but this is what the "movement" is called, for christ's sake.

    • @fizz113
      @fizz113 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hunter Harris Well, yes, we are banning words.

    • @HunterHarris
      @HunterHarris 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +fizz113 Nope, I'm pretty sure we're not. Maybe in your PC mind, we are.

  • @nice3333333333
    @nice3333333333 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hipster Hippies... Hipster Hippies everywhere.
    Somebody get Cartman on the phone.

  • @1db1db1db
    @1db1db1db 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    The Mighty Bee predicted this movement...

  • @DonSpartan
    @DonSpartan 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Isnt it a crime to deface stop signs...?

  • @АчоВсмысле-н9к
    @АчоВсмысле-н9к ปีที่แล้ว

    omg she is so crazy i like her uwu (๑╹ω╹๑ )

  • @MARSTVCHANNEL
    @MARSTVCHANNEL 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Meanwhile in Aleppo

  • @Tony-bu3ln
    @Tony-bu3ln 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    yarn bombing is vandalism

    • @PDog69
      @PDog69 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +anthony ferraro Is it really? Nothing is being damaged

    • @Tony-bu3ln
      @Tony-bu3ln 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Parodyst1 well the definition of vandalism states that it is an action involving destruction of property in the private of public sector. but it also states that graffiti and defacement directed towards any property is also vandalism.

    • @garvinkelly
      @garvinkelly 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@PDog69 it damages the trees

  • @ChrisLocke1969
    @ChrisLocke1969 8 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    lamest ted ever... YOU'RE LITTERING THE STREETS IN THE END!

    • @hyenaedits3460
      @hyenaedits3460 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Chris Locke
      Birds and squirrels can use it for nests. Also, they might remove it after a while.

    • @ChrisLocke1969
      @ChrisLocke1969 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Spotted Hyena wow...so I'll toss my old newspapers all over your lawn next time it rains... ugh.

    • @hyenaedits3460
      @hyenaedits3460 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That's really not a good analogy.

    • @ChrisLocke1969
      @ChrisLocke1969 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Certainly is, except to those with delusions of grandeur... good day.

    • @hyenaedits3460
      @hyenaedits3460 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What does delusions of grandeur have to do with it? Thinking yarn bombing is real art has nothing to do with your ego.

  • @kuushu1
    @kuushu1 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    what the fish , do yarn bombing for people not for tree.

  • @jeyg4561
    @jeyg4561 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Waste of time, waste of money, not environment friendly, cruel to animals. In a world where we're already addicted to excess and wastage there's these people.
    Not cool. Your accent is also very pretentious

  • @JaredReabow
    @JaredReabow 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    grangur not grander

  • @charlottede9164
    @charlottede9164 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yarn bombing is dangerous and useless. Better off making clothes the homeless, like people did at Christmas time that one year.

    • @vermilliongecko
      @vermilliongecko 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      'Dangerous' LOL, what are you on? And how do you know yarnbombers don't also make clothes for homeless people? I'm knitting a blanket right now.

    • @charlottede9164
      @charlottede9164 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@vermilliongecko Update (4 YEARS later - lol): Dangerous *for the trees and plants that get wrapped up in it. As mould and other fungal bodies that grow on the yarn, cotton, or wool come into sustained contact with trees and other plants (that normally they would not) it can potentially lead to problems for the tree and the surrounding ecosystem depending on the introduced species. Also it gets soggy and gross and is a mess to remove from the plants regardless. Decorate inaninmate objects in towns and cities all you like, there's still potential issues but no more than the standard pile of dumped clothing you'd find anyway, to start doing it to plants and in the countryside just shows a person thoughtlessly disregarding nature.
      But hey, who am I to judge - well certainly not the same person I was FOUR YEARS ago - so you do you my oddly aggressive new friend and have a glorious day continuing to knitt - making a blanket is an impressive skill to learn, it certainly requires a lot of patience, so I hope it goes well for you! And if you knitt for the homeless then that's an amazing and selfless use of your time, go you! Now as to answer what I was on at the time that was written... I believe it was anti-depressants, anti-anxieties, and given the aforementioned probably adrenaline too! Haha. Always take the time to look after your mental health chuck and take care lovely! :)

  • @63M1N1
    @63M1N1 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    think big, do an airplane!

  • @sawomirjanusz
    @sawomirjanusz 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    hello :)

  • @xerotoninz
    @xerotoninz 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Boredom breeds creativity

  • @pechblendae
    @pechblendae 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why not knitting for the homeless people? This thing gets nasty pretty fast after a week of rain, sun, smog…

  • @crazylittlepsyco
    @crazylittlepsyco 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Does this remind anybody else of the knitter. That made-up batman villain that knits things and does crime. This stuff is the kind of thing I Picture him doing

  • @AlexKono999
    @AlexKono999 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This looks so useless... And the philosophy behind it is opposing technical progress? Damn hippy's!

  • @MadamoftheCatHouse
    @MadamoftheCatHouse 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I wonder what it looks like after numerous dogs and homeless guys urinated on it.

  • @mrpixel3579
    @mrpixel3579 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    complete waste of materials don't need talent to be called artist these days,

  • @sSo0upd
    @sSo0upd ปีที่แล้ว

    Лол, неплох

  • @svetlana2775
    @svetlana2775 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    knit a door handle to change your world forever :)

  • @tarajess1267
    @tarajess1267 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Did she get in trouble for the bus?

  • @PDog69
    @PDog69 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    smh

  • @DeepSeaAf
    @DeepSeaAf 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    it doesnt last

  • @kappa8837
    @kappa8837 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    the eff is this

  • @TheKetsa
    @TheKetsa 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    What is her accent ?

  • @beakknivemonkey1909
    @beakknivemonkey1909 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm gonna report that to the police if you don't stop

    • @vermilliongecko
      @vermilliongecko 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well guess what. She's still going after 15 years, so I guess the police don't think it's a big deal.

  • @KabeerJay
    @KabeerJay 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    gross

  • @DixieNormisss
    @DixieNormisss 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yawn..

  • @CeleryBruh
    @CeleryBruh 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Who is here from Mathew santaro

  • @robinmercer6592
    @robinmercer6592 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    this is boring.

  • @srslyusuck
    @srslyusuck 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    tasteless timing for this video TED