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Yarn bombing is defined by Wikipedia as a “type of graffiti or street art that employs colorful displays of knitted or crocheted cloth rather than paint or chalk.” Knitting has long been considered soft and sweet, like little old grammas, and more recently, “fiber arts”—something people only expect to see hanging on the lobby walls of women’s art colleges. Knit bombs or tags (think graffiti-lingo) bring yarn work into the public eye to be judged as separate from sweaters and scarves and knit graffiti can be seen all over the world now with crews bombing in London, Madrid, New York… You name it and someone might be knitting a cozy for it. A way to mark territory but also a reaction to what can be a somewhat grim, impersonal landscape, knitted graffiti is a relatively new addition to the urban art scene.
And it’s here in Philadelphia.
These were spotted in Fairmount, in front of The Flying Saucer, at 26th and Brown. Let me know if you find any more and in the meantime, visit the Knittas who started this whole thing and see what the fuss is all about.
