Views of the Neighborhood – Crochet Art

~ John W. Howell

Today’s view of the neighborhood is very unusual. Every year during the holidays an unknown person decorates the bollards that serve to keep cars away from certain parts of the beach. These decorations are hand crochets, and each one is unique. What is surprising is one day they are not there and the next they are. The same goes for when they disappear. I hope you enjoy this mystery. (Where else but in Port Aransas?)

This will give you an idea of what the bollards do. They keep cars from driving on the beach. The building on the right can be seen from a distance as part of the last photo.

Port Aransas bollards

A close up of the work put into the crochet.

A nod to Halloween.

Another close up of a character

This shot gives you a sense of the work.

This shot is to give you an idea of the scope.

Another character close up.

These run all the way back to the twin buildings on the left.

I hope you enjoyed the walk. I wish there were more information on who is responsible for this art.  The person is anonymous and wants to remain so.

70 thoughts on “Views of the Neighborhood – Crochet Art”

  2. Extraordinary! I have dozens of questions now, not the least of which is – what prompted the artistry? This could be a Nightly News segment or one of the mysteries in your books. 😀 Have a great day; you’ve just made mine terrific!

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  8. I’ve never seen crochet, but there is a thing known as “yarn bombing,” where trees, light poles, and so on are wrapped with differently colored yarns. One of my readers has a daughter who participates, up in Canada. Sometimes the projects are anonymous: sometimes not. I’m glad to see the practice has arrived in Port A!

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  9. Now that’s funny! 🙂 But this way the bollards do look pretty. And – at this time of the year – they won’t feel cold. 😀
    Have a great Sunday, John,
    Pit

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  16. My late grandmother used to crochet. Beautiful, intricate art that not many folks today take time to learn. Love how effective these are at providing a little whimsy and protecting the beach.

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  18. Great stuff, John. Each time these are put in place, are they new ones or is the artist using the same ones each time? Fascinating mystery!

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  20. Loved those. I imagine the delight of the person who made them as she or he observe other folks –like you,John- admiring their handiwork and wondering who did them. Thank you for the smile.

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  22. Whatever inspired the yarn artist to do this was a huge benefit to the neighborhood. How much fun it must be looking for old favorites and finding something new. My favorite has to be the snowman.

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  28. What a wonderful neighbourhood to be living in, John and certainly, the artist must know that bigger children, such as myself, would also spend fun time looking at each of these creations, and weave stories around them. Thanks for posting such fun things. I’m reblogging to Fauna Park Tales.

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  30. What a lovely thing to do, John. I’m surprised that nobody takes any of them home with them. Whoever makes them, obviously enjoys making them. I wonder if they live on the Island or are local? It reminds me a little of the artist ‘Banksy.’

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    1. This is the kind of place it is. No one would think of depriving another of the joy of seeing these pieces. We are a population of 3000 and it seems everyone knows everyone else. Yet no one knows who does this. Thanks, Hugh.

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      1. Looks as if it’s a mystery that may never be solved, John. I don’t think that matters, though. It’s a wonderful thing to do. It reminds me of the time somebody left lots of pebbles that contained lovely quotes on them around the bay where we live. They had all been handpainted and nobody ever found out who had left them.
        Have a great week.

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