COPENHAGEN, DENMARK: A knitted cover for a tank. A new art form involves the unlikely pairing of activism... and knitting. Urban artists are responsible for putting brightly-coloured wolllen blankets on street signs, railings and buildings in cities across the world to make a statement. The art form is called knit graffiti or guerilla knitting and began in Texas in 2005. Now a new book full of guerilla knitting patterns inspired by the works called Yarn Bombing has just been released. PHOTOGRAPHY BY Jeff Christenson / Arsenal Pulp Press / BARCROFT MEDIA LTD UK Office, London. T +44 845 370 2233 W www.barcroftmedia.com Australasian & Pacific Rim Office, Melbourne. E info@barcroftpacific.com T +613 9510 3188 or +613 9510 0688 W www.barcroftpacific.com Indian Office, Delhi. T +91 997 1133 889 W www.barcroftindia.com
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Grab Your Grandma And Hit The Streets: Urban Knitting “Graffiti”

Urban knitting has been around for some years now but there has been increasing interest in the art. When you think of knitting you think of your grandmother, or even great grandmother rocking back and forth in her chair knitting a sweater for you while a box of Nilla wafers and a glass of 1% sits on the table next to her. No longer. You can replace that image with one of your grandmother wearing a bandana around her face while she covers a bus with a 37 foot colorfully knitted vest. Check out a few good examples of “Urban Knitting” below or check out the queens of “knit bombing” at Knittaplease.