Yarn bombing, yarnbombing, yarnstorming, guerrilla knitting, urban knitting or graffiti knitting is a type of graffiti or street art that employs colorful displays of knitted or crocheted yarn or fibre rather than paint or chalk.
Thursday, November 22, 2012
Yarn Bombing
According to Wikipedia:
Yarn bombing, yarnbombing, yarnstorming, guerrilla knitting, urban knitting or graffiti knitting is a type of graffiti or street art that employs colorful displays of knitted or crocheted yarn or fibre rather than paint or chalk.
This idea has piqued my interest... Dare I say I am inspired?! I am not much of a knitter and have never made it much beyond the scarf and potholder phase but I think that much skill would suffice for this type of adventure.
Some of these projects are a bit beyond my capabilities although |I suppose a person could do the bike and then just wheel it to the site and chain it there?
Some very adventurous ladies in Whitehorse yarnbombed a vintage aircraft!
Basically, any public installation seems to be fair game. I can't help thinking ahead to next September when the Embroiderers' Association of Canada has it's Stitch in Public Day. What could be more fun??
Yarn bombing, yarnbombing, yarnstorming, guerrilla knitting, urban knitting or graffiti knitting is a type of graffiti or street art that employs colorful displays of knitted or crocheted yarn or fibre rather than paint or chalk.
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I had seen something about this longer ago and had sort of forgotten it. It really does look like fun although I'm not much of a knitter or crocheter. I could probably muster up something. Now I need to know what the Canada Stitch in Public Day is all about.
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