Graffiti no longer seems to just be illegible tags spray-painted hurriedly on the side of a subway car (which, don't get me wrong, is still cool), it now is an admired art form, though one that is generally considered illegal. But apart from famous artists like Banksy and Space Invader there are Yarn Bombers (a.k.a.Guerrilla Knitters, Yarn Stormers), very talented people who make the winter months a bit more warm and fuzzy by affixing their knitted items to lamp posts, statues, trees...My personal favorite is bike racks (it makes it seem as if the bikes are all cozy).
Here are a few links for some nice examples.
25 Amazing Yarn Bombs
Knit The City
Yarn Bombing
And of course there are innumerable pictures on Google Images...
So keep an eye out for knitted things where they normally wouldn't be!
my favourite is the chainlink fence flowers! we need to do this. i think I'll start out here in Lubec! and then you do some there, and then we'll go to England and knit that museum's lion up a nice sweater, and then.....
ReplyDeleteOooh! I'll have to look those up!
DeleteYes! Yarn bomb Lubec! And I'll do some in Burlington and THEN WE CAN TAKE OVER THE WORLD!!