February 23, 2009
A New Type of Graffiti is Hitting the Streets!
Did You Know that a new form of graffiti is winding its way onto the global scene? Known as “yarn bombing,” this phenomenon sees the urban landscape mysteriously transformed under woolly layers of knitted scarves, socks and pompoms. “Craftivists” work under the cover of darkness to stitch makeshift layers onto park benches, lampposts, trees, even bridges. In Mexico City, yarn bombers covered an entire bus in a knitted, crazy-quilt pattern. After “tagging” public property, these stealth knitters post their exploits on websites such as knittaplease.com
This is one form of graffiti that’s hard to hate!
