Campaign for Wool

Started by Prince Charles after he realized the world's sheep population was declining and wool prices were plummeting, the Campaign for Wool is a nonprofit that brings wool to the people in the form of various PR-grabbing acts of wool bombing. Behold, the Bryant Park fountain:

There were also sheep, both animate and inanimate.

There was a guy demonstrating how they make mattresses out of wool.

And then there was a finished one that was SOFT AS A FREAKIN' CLOUD.

They even had a guard because of all the publicity.

Hey there, soldier.

Rhinebeck Sheep and Wool

Forgot this poor rabbit from last year!



I didn't see anything like this happening last year, it was all angora rabbits just sitting their with their hairs on.

Rhinebeck Sheep and Wool Festival

Don't even fake the deal.

I forgot my camera this year at the Duchess County Fair! You'll just have to trust that I saw a bunch of sheep, ate a bunch of pie, and bought a bunch of yarn.



The trees are already changing colors there! I can't wait for Central Park leaf-peeping expeditions.

EW

"No sheep were harmed or made to feel uncomfortable during WSJ.’s photo shoot."

I feel pretty uncomfortable though. What about me, WSJ? What about me?

It's cute but kinda creepy, especially after recently reading that great article in New York Magazine about the human-skin lampshade found in New Orleans after Katrina. The article is so compelling and interesting, and I almost want to read the book that it's excerpted from, except for the nervous stomach I get when reading about the lampshade's "greasy" finish...