April 2, 2013: Mayfest press release
“Mayfest are working with Cornish artists Jeremiah Krage and Heidi Dorschler on Hook, Skip, Repeat, an interactive outdoor performance where passers-by can join the artists in creating giant, multi-coloured doily-like structures which will be installed in public spaces across the city.”

May 20, 2013: Easton and Lawrence Hill Neighbourhood Management press release
“Commissioned by Mayfest and Theatre Bristol, Hook, Skip, Repeat will see the creation of a large-scale rope ‘doily’ made by artists in collaboration with the people of Stapleton Road. Using brightly coloured rope and a giant crochet needle, the artists will invite passers-by to help them weave an eye-catching spider’s web-like creation.”

May 22, 2013: Bristol Post – ‘Invitation to help create street art’
“A theatre company is inviting the public to help create an eye-catching new piece of art over Stapleton Road for this year’s Mayfest. Theatre Bristol will be putting together a large-scale rope doily installation named Hook, Skip, Repeat.”

June 13, 2013: BBC News – ‘Giant crocheted doily appears under Bristol bridge’
“A giant crocheted doily has appeared under a railway bridge in Bristol. The 12ft (3.6m) diameter ‘spider web’ was seen hanging under Stapleton Road railway bridge by Gail Boyle as she drove into work earlier. ‘It’s a massive piece of crochet… and the nylon cord must be up to an inch thick,’ she said. ‘I’ve no idea who is responsible, it might be ‘yarn bombing’, but I crochet and I know that they are proper crochet stitches,’ she added.”

June 14, 2013: Daily Mail – ‘Is this a hole new craze? Guerilla artists ‘yarn bomb’ railway bridge with 12ft-high DOILY’
“It was the enigmatic Banksy who brought guerrilla art to the world’s attention with his iconic style of political graffiti. Now a group of so-called ‘yarn bombers’ have come up with their own genre that would make the Women’s Institute proud. For they are suspected of being behind a 12ft-high doily that mysteriously appeared under a railway bridge in Bristol this morning, much to the bemusement of passersby.”

June 15, 2013: BBC News – ‘Giant crocheted doily appears for Bristol Mayfest’
“A giant crocheted doily which appeared under a railway bridge in Bristol was commissioned as part of a one-day outdoor theatre event, it has emerged. The 12ft (3.6m) diameter ‘spider web’ underneath Stapleton Road railway bridge was created by two artists working with people from the area. It was commissioned as part of the Hook, Skip, Repeat event organised by Theatre Bristol and Mayfest.”

June 17, 2013: Bristol 24-7 – ‘Giant crocheted doily made for Bristol Mayfest’
“A giant crocheted doily which appeared under a railway bridge in Bristol was commissioned as part of a one-day outdoor theatre event, it has emerged. The 12ft (3.6m) diameter ‘spider web’ underneath Stapleton Road railway bridge was created by two artists working with people from the area. It was commissioned as part of the Hook, Skip, Repeat event organised by Theatre Bristol and Mayfest.”

June 17, 2013: Bristol Post – ‘Knitter has public in stiches’
“Bemused members of the public were in stitches after a rogue knitter made a 12ft doily and hung it under a Bristol railway bridge. The giant ‘cobweb’ appeared under Stapleton Road railway bridge in Easton on Friday morning. It is believed to be the work of yarn bombers or guerrilla knitters – street artists who make decorations by knitting or crocheting wool, or turning yarn into pom-poms. The huge doily was spotted by Gail Boyle as she drove to work. She said: ‘I have no idea who is responsible.’”