The Evil Knitter strikes again!

[Jody_Branin]

Crime is high in Cape May!   

http://www.app.com/article/20100310/NEWS03/100310033/Mysterious-midnight-knitter-blankets-N.J.-town-with-sweaters

Mysterious 'midnight knitter' blankets N.J. town with sweaters
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS • March 10, 2010

WEST CAPE MAY — Someone is spinning quite a yarn over one New Jersey shore town.

Dubbed "The Midnight Knitter" by West Cape May residents, someone is covering tree branches and lamp poles with little sweaters under cover of darkness.

Mayor Pam Kaithern says police are looking into the guerrilla crocheting, which
technically is against the law because it is being done on public property without
permission.

The mayor and many residents admit they're enthralled by the rainbow of colors that has popped up.

Resident Susan Longacre takes a walk each morning in Wilbraham Park, where several tree branches and light poles have gotten the treatment. She thinks it's great.

Even those who are not thrilled admit the yarn is better than spray-painted graffiti.

[Cheech_Panzera]

The "Midnight Knitter" made Ch12 News, too. They showed the "guerrilla crocheting" wrapped around the tree branches & trunks. As an experienced life-long knitter, I am curious to know as to how these 'works of art' are attached to the trees. Were the first & last rows woven together, or are the swatches just sticking to the limbs by friction? If the culprit sewed the ends together, the swatches will have to be cut off, carefully, so as not to hurt the trees, or damage the evidence. If it's just friction holding the pieces up, then they could, easily, be pulled off.

It would be time-consuming for the criminal to sew all those different branch mufflers to the trees - at the scene of the crime. I should really go down there to get a better look at them. I have a funny suspicion that this is not the work of one lone 'guerrilla crocheter'...might be a gang of them out there.  

[Jody_Branin]

Perhaps they're attached by magic!     Dumbledore's having a bit of fun with the muggles again.

I wondered if the person stood there attaching them also.  I would think that if left there, in time the birds and critters would have some pretty colorful nests.

I think it's pretty funny.  It reminds me of my Parents and their friends - they used to make midnight decorating runs at each other's houses, putting things like big blow up Easter Bunnies hanging from trees at Halloween, Christmas decorations at Easter, etc.  It was funny to wake up and find your front yard decorated for the wrong season!   

[Pat Garaffa]

I've been to most of the ski locations in the Poconos and I think the "Bra Tree" is at Camelback or Big Boulder - I don't recall. 

As you venture up one of the mountains on the ski lift, you look down and there is a group of trees with hundreds of bras about half way up the mountain.  I guess someone tossed the first bra and others followed.   Or maybe they accidently dropped it on a during a frisky ride up the mountain? 

It's in a remote location and no sane person is going to climb up there and clean the trees.  The tradition continues and the bras trees are growing bigger and they are always in bloom. 

If you go skiing - bring your old bras! 

[Ginger_Hoffmeier]

Maybe the bra tree is sort of a memorial where women who get "enhancements" leave their old bras? Or the other way around?

I loved to see the hundreds of plastic flamingos placed in the front of selected homes in Ocean Grove. There was also a sign that said "You've been flocked!" This was done by the kids from a church group but I'm not sure how someone earned this honor or where they found so many flamingos!

I'm glad we  haven't lost our sense of silliness.

[Pat Garaffa]

"I'm glad we  haven't lost our sense of silliness".

Hang onto it.  It's all we have left and it may eventually become our currency. 

Gas will no longer be 3 bucks a gallon because our currency will be worthless.  Instead, you'll need two good practical jokes, a funny face and an armpit flatulance noise to get a fill up. 

[Ginger_Hoffmeier]

If we can run cars on methane gas we can ride off into the sunset without spending a penny!