Subversive Knitting

Textile and fiber artists across the world engage in what I like to call drive by knitting- they call it yarn graffiti.  The time, effort and care these individuals take with their art is astounding.  Some projects are huge and probably take days to create.  I imagine the artist casually driving or walking by, seeing a tree or bicycle stand, pulling out a notebook and tape measure, looking furtively both ways to make sure no one is watching before making his/her secret plans for woolly subversion.  Then the artist sneaks off, plans, knits, measures, and then in the dark of night, secretly installs his/her knitting.  In the morning people wake up to wonderful surprises full of color, texture and warmth.  Check out a smattering of pictures below. See http://yarnbombing.com/ for more images and information.

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