{"id":8657,"date":"2012-07-02T16:27:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-02T16:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/?p=8657"},"modified":"2026-01-15T20:11:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T20:11:33","slug":"crazy-maypole-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/?p=8657","title":{"rendered":"Crazy Maypole"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is a really delightful stitch and I can see why it was added to the list of knitting stitches with poetic names. &nbsp;Here it is from the Barbara Walker site.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/crazy-maypole1-1.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/crazy-maypole1-1.jpg\" width=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>We have a lot of Hydro poles in Toronto that go a little crazy in summer because people plant climbing vines at the bottom of the poles, to make them more appealing. Here is what I mean.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/pole-1.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/pole-1.jpg\" width=\"127\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\nThis one is covered in Ivy. &nbsp;In other years many were covered in Morning Glories, Trumpet Vine, Virginia Creeper, Clematis and more. &nbsp;However, this year I had trouble even finding the one pictured above. &nbsp;I have to believe that Toronto Hydro has discovered these lovely poles and chopped down all the growth. &nbsp;Their excuse might be safety, I say that they are really just Philistines!!<\/p>\n<p>Still a few stalworth souls, set on undermining the best intentions of the utility company have begun to cover the poles again. &nbsp;Here&#8217;s one with wire and Clematis. It&#8217;s actually not a hydro pole. It&#8217;s a pole for a stop sign; but it is an attempt to cover up the grey.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/clematis-1.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/clematis-1.jpg\" width=\"241\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\nand here is trumpet vine &#8211; just not quite in bloom.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhMLWmeLyQYKNfEnKoh-sDWWbRZtJ5Wwi2fcSXp_hW1I51kjbig_HcOI68TL17j1ivasMfiNqccATtP9K50zgOGHdy7OmOnAbS38sEy73Nobd9VknHnEaMkdedEfeP1dXusQkPC\/s320\/trumpet+vine2.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhMLWmeLyQYKNfEnKoh-sDWWbRZtJ5Wwi2fcSXp_hW1I51kjbig_HcOI68TL17j1ivasMfiNqccATtP9K50zgOGHdy7OmOnAbS38sEy73Nobd9VknHnEaMkdedEfeP1dXusQkPC\/s320\/trumpet+vine2.jpg\" width=\"181\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\nI think that there is a lot to be said for crazy poles in May or any other month. &nbsp;I especially like it when someone yarn bombs a pole or two.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/bomb-1.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/bomb-1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\nHave a crazy day!!!<\/p>\n<p>\n<span id=\"goog_1231430849\"><\/span><span id=\"goog_1231430850\"><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a really delightful stitch and I can see why it was added to the list of knitting stitches with poetic names. &nbsp;Here it is from the Barbara Walker site. We have a lot of Hydro poles in Toronto that go a little crazy in summer because people plant climbing vines at the bottom [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8658,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-knitting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8657"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8662,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8657\/revisions\/8662"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}