I must reply to all those enthusiastic knitters in Greerton.
It would be so wonderful if the enthusiastic knitters knitted enthusiastically for children who need to be kept warm, rather than trees which don't need it. I've heard of a gentleman who knits to keepchildren warm.
He gives his jerseys to the public health nurse who distributes them to needy children.
Another point, how do we know that the trees surrounded by knitting don't harbour insects and germs that threaten our vast orchards in the Bay of Plenty?
Trees have survived for thousands of years without being shrouded in wool.
Gaye Wilson Ohauiti
Praise of yarn
Having this week visited Greerton with my 4-year-old granddaughter specifically to see the street art, my response is unlike others I have read recently.
The art was clever, colourful and fun. We both loved it.
No doubt the knitters had spare wool like all craftspeople; their cupboards full of material not yet used.
Some may have sourced wool from op shop woolly jumpers they unpicked, but where the wool was from or how it was bought is surely beside the point and none of our business.
I wonder if during the next painting exhibition there will be letters to the editor criticising the artists for painting on a canvas and not on a house in need of upkeep.
And to conclude, each yarn bombing piece raises money towards a community organisation.
