Sweater Weather: Knitting for Hulaween!

In just under two weeks, I’m heading to Live Oak, FL to experience my first music festival! I announced a couple of weeks ago my plans to attend Hulaween at The Spirit Of The Suwannee Music Park (SOSMP).

{The Spirit Of The Suwannee Music Park, Spirit Lake}

No doubt this scene alone will be impressive over Halloween weekend at Suwannee Hulaween. But this year, for the first time, Spirit Lake will be home to an art and light installation of epic proportions! The Spirit Lake Promenade promises a “fusion of dazzling lights, art installations and performance art that morphs the Spirit Lake waterfront and adjacent forest into a vivid dream-like space that fully engages the senses. ” (click HERE for the full article)

Three words: Count me in.

I’m so super excited that my first music festival experience happens to be coinciding with the Spirit Lake Promenade. I could not believe it when I was asked if I’d like to contribute something to the installation!

To be clear, I never fancied myself an artist before. Technically I dabble in the arts. But I thought it would be such an amazing opportunity to be involved that I knew I had to come up with something. Having never been to the park before- or any music festival for that matter- I really had no idea what would fit into that atmosphere. I tried to think of the list of things I could do that didn’t involve refinishing furniture or home improvement: knitting, sewing, hmmm….

I had kind of decided on knitting, then vaguely remembered reading something about yarn bombing once. I did some Google image searching to see if this was 1) a legit art form and 2) something I could reasonably do. Check out these inspirational photos I found:

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Even though this was much smaller in scale than I’m hoping to do at Spirit Lake, the effect was still really neat. Several people stopped to look just in the short time I was shooting. It is curious, I mean it’s a sweater for a tree. What do you think? Have you ever yarn bombed or heard of this phenomenon before? As a huge Breaking Bad fan (waaaaaaahhhh), I must share with you this final shot of some yarn in action.

{instagram.com / Via brokelyn.com}

So I’ve been busy knitting my fingers off, compulsively planning for camping, and freaking out over wardrobe choices- all of which will hopefully make me look like I’ve done this before. But once I get there, it’s all about having a great time and enjoying the music.

{The Spirit of The Suwannee Music Park}

I can’t wait!! And you can bet on pictures of the whole thing upon my return. But hey, even if you’re not dying to see String Cheese Incident at Hulaween, there are TONS of things to do at this one-of-a-kind park. I follow them on Facebook and often times I wish I lived closer by to pop in on some of the events. It’s definitely worth checking out The Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park  if you love to camp or are looking for a family vacation. Locals: I’m officially jealous.