Yarn Bomb

Every year, Taranaki hosts two concurrent 10-day Garden Festivals, usually starting the last weekend in October, when you can visit lovely gardens and see the spring colors. The original Taranaki Garden Festival was the first but, rumor has it that the entry prices were getting too high, so the Taranaki Fringe Festival came to be.

For the last few years, a town called Opunake (Oh-poo-nack-ee)  has hosted a Yarn Bomb party during this time where the main street is covered in knitting, crocheting and other crafty things!  Here are a few things we saw as we drove through :

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