I knew right off the bat that I wanted to work with yarn and a tree so I found a like-minded partner. Together, we came up with the idea to create a “portal.” We decided to use purple and black yarn to contrast the natural green and brown colors of the site. We found a tree we liked (with a broken branch) and decided to do something to mend the broken branch back to the tree.

After one day of working on it we decided we needed to make changes. Instead of just using purple and black, we wanted to expand into other bright colors– specifically pink. We decided to incorporate orange, blue and a color changing yarn as well.

After adding those additional colors, we decided we wanted to play with the lines more so we took little pieces of yarn and tied the longer pieces of yarn together in certain places to shape the mass of the portal. It was at this point when we left for a weekend that the wire supporting our entire wrapping broke. We found it broken on Tuesday and went right back to work. First we repaired it to the extent that we could and then we continued to add more yarn and more little knots.

Overall, I’m super happy with the end result. I think it accomplishes everything we wanted it to accomplish. I think we did a great job of overcoming obstacles and making the most out of the two weeks we had to work on this.