Nightmare roadworks are wreaking havoc inAlexandria, but a local business is creating a positive outlook by decorating traffic cones with YARN. I am determined to spread the word.
The owner of Susie's Wool Shop lights up Gilmore Street with "yarn bombing."
With the knitting and crocheting craze, craftsmen are decorating everyday items such as mailboxes, bollards, and more with colorful coziness.
Jennifer and Susie on the mother-daughter team, and Susie's mother Susan her Crawford, are hard at work making wool products for her traffic cones and nearby phone booths.
Even street signs get a makeover with knit bunting.
Jennifer says weeks of road work during the restoration of the turbulent Smollett Fountain have brought the town the cheer it needed.
She said:
"I saw it being done in other areas and decided to do it here to spread positivity.
"People decorate mailboxes with yarn. but we don't have wool near us, so we decorated our phone booths with woolen Highland cows.
"Traffic cones have been out of the shop
"Everyone in my family makes jumpers, so I thought I'd make one for them too!"
Even workers stop by to show their appreciation.
Jennifer adds:
"Some workers came over and said it was great. I was a little worried about getting into trouble, so that was good."
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It's important that Jennifer and Susie stay positive about road construction, the latest hurdle they've faced since starting their business five years ago. Is called.
Jennifer said:
"It's difficult for some customers, people of a certain age who have mobility difficulties, and mothers with strollers.
"I see roads closed.
"The timing is bad. It's been 30 years in this building, but it's been 5 years since my grandmother took over.
"We had Beast From The East in our first year, then the pandemic. And now this hasn't been an easy start, but we'll get through it."
Three generations of the same family have no plans to stop hanging knitting needles anytime soon, and Jennifer adds:
"I knit between customers and in the evening, so I can continue knitting. I try not to lose it when I bring it in when the shop closes.
"My mother Even though she wasn't really a knitter, she survived the pandemic and picked up a needle:
"It shows that anyone can try." You don't have to be a skilled weaver."
