Yarnfiti Community Art Project

"It’s graffiti, but with yarn. Yarnfiti encourages creativity, teaches sewing skills at this Florida library." - courtesy of clickorlando.com

Yarnfiti is an annual community-created art installation that started in 2017 to bring crochet and knit artists together on a collaborative art project. The name is a combination of the words “yarn” and “graffiti” because the display is meant to be a colorful explosion of yarn in an unexpected place. This year, in addition to knitting and crochet, contributors were invited to submit projects from a variety of crafts including, sewing, embroidery, weaving and more. The display is intended to inspire more of our community to discover a new craft at their library.

The Enchanted Forest is travelling to select locations throughout the county through December.

Yarnfiti Installation, Opening, and Enchanted Forest Scavenger Hunt

Woman attaching crocheted butterfly to a fabric tree
Woman sitting on the floor building an armature for a balloon installation.
Woman sitting on the floor attaching soft sculpture trees to green fabric meant to represent grass
Woman sitting on the floor arranging soft sculpture elements in an enchanted forest theme
woman decorating a soft sculpture tree stump with green cloth and forest elements
Woman standing next to a fabric tree, soft sculpture tree stump and cloth draped to resemble a forest floor
Woman kneeling next to a plastic bin and table full of soft sculpture and fiber arts projects that fit a forest theme
woman with short dark hair standing at a microphone in front of a balloon sculpture
Woman with long dark hair standing at a microphone in front of a fabric and balloon art installation
balloon art installation with trees, a waterfall, mushrooms and fairies
A fabric and balloon art installation with an enchanted forest theme
Crowd shot of people admiring a soft sculpture installation of crochet, knits and sewn projects
Crowd shot of people admiring a soft sculpture installation of crochet, knits and sewn projects with balloon sculpture in t he background
Grouping of crocheted acorns playing tiny musical instruments
An acorn band playing the blues
large owl crocheted out of pink yarn with white eyes sitting on fabric leaves
A giant owl that fell out of a tree
crochet white bat with a pink bow tie
A fancy bat wearing a bow tie
crochet gnome with curly brown hair carrying a pile of books
A gnome happily checking out books
crochet eyeball with spider legs wearing a wizard's hat
A wizard that transformed himself into a spider
two crochet frogs sitting on balloons and holding fishing poles
A froggo fishing for a fresh catch
Crochet mushroom house soft sculpture surrounded by three smaller crochet mushrooms
A fungEYE in the mushroom kingdom
embroidery project meant to resemble tree bark with the initials R+S in contrasting thread
A symbol of R's love for S
Various items created from yarn and fabric for an enchanted forest themed art installation.
A really slow parade of snails (keep watching - they might move!)

A Thank You To Our Contributors

It takes a village to bring a forest to life. Between April and August 2024, over 90 events took place across Orange County Library system that encouraged participants to add their own bit of magic. More than 230 pieces from 60 contributors were brought together to create the installation. Stay tuned for more information on next year's event and all the opportunities to make something together!

Alyson Oestrich, Amaris Forestier-Negron, Amberly Campbell, Angie Roman, Barb Sharpe, Beverly Lord, Carley Warnock, Delilah Martin, Edna Alonso, Farah Velez, Felicia A. Spears, Heidi Williamson, Helen Curtis, Irma Sanabria, Isabel Lupiani, Ivonne Uribe-Ortega, Jessica Michele Popovice, Joanne Southworth, John Miles, Joseli Kersey, Juan Rivera, Juliana Fink, Karen Kane, Kira Boussalaa, Kristen Stieffel, Kyle Snodgrass, Lorie Robertson, Lynette Laplante, Maddie French, Margarita Santiago, Maria Campozano, Maria Gonzalez, Marie 'Adele' Connolly, Marly Glidewell, Melanie Villareal Depass, Melinda Whitesitt, Merve Condon, Michalla D'Alessandro, Michelle Bernabe, Michelle Chen, Michelle Walker, Monet Gray, Nancy Bedwell, Nikki Fung, Pedro Berrios, Raegan Cross, Rebecca, Rebecca Sung, Rocio Beil, Rodrigo Garcia-Salas, Stephanie Rodriguez, Sue Crager, Sue Rolando, Therese 'Tess' O'Hara, Thuy Tran, Tori Figueroa, V.E. Richard, Veronica Washington, Viviana Artiles, Yvonne G. Horvath