To think that postbox toppers are an aberration and those who produce them should be shot at dawn (I should say 'light hearted' here but it goes against the grain)

[IrateAndUnhinged]

That really.

Postbox toppers. Those crocheted monstrosities decorating every postbox within a 500 metres of GAILS bakery.

Why?

My AIBU is am I unreasonable for thinking they add no value to life and represent a huge drain on resources that could be better put to work creating reusable string bags.

Oof. That's a bad one.

I like them a lot. They make most people smile. What's wrong with a bit of folk art ?

OK you have me there. Thats hideous, also what is stuffed inside there 😳looks sus😳

I usually defend them but that latest example is … actually, I have no words.

I would like to see it from the opposite angle @BIossomtoes as I suspect that might tell a different story.

Why wait for dawn?

I have never had negative comments about my toppers.

@Stroopwaffels I doubt anyone would seek you out to tell you they didn't like them

And acrylic won’t shrink.

I enjoy seeing them, and if I could find a knitting pattern for the base (can’t crochet) I’d make a 🎄one for the postbox in Gdcs’ road.

Talking of street crochet creations, these (life size) were seen last December in Hawes (N Yorks) High St. IIRC they raised a lot for the local air ambulance. I was told that previously the same ‘yarn bombers’ had done life-size Wallace and Gromit and raised ££££ with those, too. 👏👏

FFS why isn’t my pic still not showing? A life size crocheted Father Christmas and Rudolph - MN, please sort it!

That's wonderful! Well done everyone who contributed 👏 👏

YABU. We have them and no Gail's.

However, I now live in hope that the arrival of Gail's is simply a matter of time, as we have umpteen of these things on every street corner.

My position on it is that I really want to like the things. I can see they have been made with all good intentions.

But I don't. They're hideous. They're essentially vandalism made of plastic. They're "cutesy" and I secretly hate them, but you'd never catch me saying that in public.

I feel guilty for thinking this.

To be fair, someone else has then graffitied it, maybe encouraged by the original defacement. 🤣

As a fellow crocheter and knowing how expensive yarn is, i agree waste is always minimised.

I love the toppers, I'm so impressed by the skill

Made of wool - just made me imagine a lot of crocheted sheep all over the fields...

Definitively YABU. Harmless fun for people.

The trouble with artificial fibres in nests is that chicks can get caught up and never get free.

No Gails and no toppers here far, far west country where the Roman’s didn’t get to either (arguably)

I love looking at the yarn bombing

Thanks for bumping the thread OP i found this one quite recently but hadn't been able to find the thread to post it in.

Did anyone on here go to see the knitted re-creation of the D-Day landings? It's an astonishing achievement, immensely touching and a wonderful creation. It's equivalent to the Bayeux tapestry. Admiration and congratulations to anyone that contributed.

@newnamethanks there is a tapestry that’s over 80m long of the D Day landings in a museum in Portsmouth.

We get some post box toppers and it’s most definitely not upmarket where we live it’s an ex mining area with lots of deprivation. Still have pound bakeries round these parts.

Thank you Vicious, I didn't know that. I'm about 20 miles from Portsmouth and will seek it out.