Yarn Bombing with a Message in Schenectady, New York

The Parking Meters
 at the Schenectady 
County Public Library
have been
Yarn Bombed.





Yarn Bombing is when people cover public places with decorative crocheted or knit items.  Eric and I found yarn artwork when we visited Silver City, New Mexico in 2015.

This Parking Meter pole is

decorated with crochet

work & has a tag...

Each tag lists a Lyme Disease fact....

Lyme Disease can be
hard to cure if co-infections
aren't treated at the same
time.

Different colored yarns

combine for unique

patterns.

Lyme bacteria can sometimes

evade the immune system &

antibiotic therapy leading to

chronic infection.

I spend time looking at the

different crochet patterns.

Short treatment courses have
resulted in upwards of a 40%
relapse rate, especially
treatment is delayed.

The QR Code Reader on

Smartphones leads to

the Drunken Hookers

Facebook Page.

I recognize this pattern...

It's used in crochet quilts.

Lyme Disease can sometimes be

hard to threat if co-infections

are not treated at the same

time.

This is the first time I've
paid close attention to
Parking Meters.

Fewer than 50% of patients

with Lyme Disease recall

a tick bite. 

Everyone who pays to
park reads a Lyme
Disease fact.

Lyme Disease is a clinical

diagnosis based on symptoms.

Tests are unreliable.

I like the colors!

Like Syphilis, Lyme Disease

has been called "The Great

Imitator" since it can mimic

other multi-systemic illnesses.

This is my favorite
crochet design.

Lyme Disease tests are only

meant to be used for

surveillance purposes & not

as a diagnostic tool.

 Who knew that going to the library to borrow a book could lead to a lesson on Lyme Disease?