Yarnbombing

Yarnarchy is a group based in Swansea (Wales, UK) who came up with what they thought was a fairly original idea one drunken Saturday night – to cheer up their drab streets with some knitted graffiti. They soon found out about other yarn artists and  now they are on a mission to take ‘Yarnarchy’ out to the world.

Group member Purly Queen wrote me to tell me a little bit about what they have been up to:

Our first Yarn Bomb was on Valentine’s Day.  It caused quite a stir. The local church ladies complained to the paper saying that we were ‘sadly self centred’ and should be knitting for charity.  The controversy has made the local What’s On Arts mag – http://www.buzzmag.co.uk/?p=2769.

Yarnarchy’s work can be seen on their new website at: www.yarnarchy.co.uk, on Facebook as ‘yarnarchy swansea’. Check out their  member profiles to learn more about them. Despite the criticism, I applaud these ladies for keeping on spreading the joy of knitting and giving. Keep at it Yarnarchy.

Other knit-graffiti related items:

Lovely colourful flower in Downtown Albuquerque: http://allbequirky.wordpress.com/2010/05/01/yarn-bomb/

A knitted garden of Eden in Paris: http://einavleshetz.blogspot.com/2010/05/tempting-evil-in-paris.html

Original yarn bombing work in Tel Aviv: http://www.savtaconnection.com

Yarn Bombing project at Sounds From the City: http://artyarn.blogspot.com/2010/05/yarn-bombing-sounds-from-other-city.html

Fuzzy food! A café is yarn bombed in Ypsilanti, MI: http://that1girl734.blogspot.com/2010/05/yarn-bombing.html

From Surrey, UK,  the Mischievious Knit Cat, cracks us up:
http://mischievous-knit-cat.blogspot.com/

Tags: yarnarchy

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