Have you heard about this? My mum just told me about this great blog called Yarn Bombing (Knit Graffiti). I urge you to check it out. It’s not about interiors or even anything vintage, but it totally appeals to my fun/artistic/handmade side!
It’s been around for a couple of years but this is certainly the first I’ve heard about yarn bombing. Wikipedia describes the artform as such:
“Yarn bombing, yarnbombing, yarnstorming, guerrilla knitting, or graffiti knitting is a type of graffitior street art that employs colourful displays of knitted or crocheted cloth rather than paint or chalk.
While yarn installations – called yarn bombs or yarnstorms – may last for years, they are considered non-permanent, and, unlike graffiti, can be easily removed if necessary. Nonetheless, the practice is still technically illegal, though it is not often prosecuted vigorously.
While other forms of graffiti may be expressive, decorative, territorial, socio-political commentary, advertising or vandalism, yarn bombing was initially almost exclusively about reclaiming and personalizing sterile or cold public places. It has since developed with groups graffiti knitting worldwide each with their own agendas.”
What a great way to bring some colour to your streets?!
Yarn Bombing, the blog, is written by two knitters, Mandy Moore and Leanne Prain, who live in Vancouver, Canada. The pair met at a knitting group in 2005 and have since set up their blog to chronical their research into knit graffiti groups around the world.
The blog contains some brilliant images and stories from yarn-bombers and Mandy and Leanne have even published a book based on the blog: Yarn Bombing: The Art of Knit Graffiti - Arsenal Pulp Press
I hope to see some Oxfordian knitters getting out on the streets – I quite fancy seeing some multi-coloured bike racks or gargoyles in cardigans!
Photographs by Suzanne Tidwell, via Yarn Bombing
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The vibrant colors are beautiful! Such a fun idea instead of vulgar words spray -painted on a wall!!
Wow – what a difference a cheery sweater makes!
I’d never heard of yarn bombing either and it’s certainly love at first sight for me.
Thanks for sharing!