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In the creative world, you have definitely heard of guerilla advertising..what about guerilla knitting? Guerilla Knitting, also known as Yarn bombing, graffiti knitting, or yarnstorming. People are using the boring stuff to make into a fine masterpiece. It used to be just granny’s hobby, it became a trend now, people knit bags, scarf and all sort of wearable and usable stuff. Years passed, knitting did not die off, it is now even greater, young creatives took it as a form of art to express something, it is similar to installation art or a kind of graffiti. It catches people’s attention alright. It is unusual and different from normal graffiti, who will be mad at a soft knitted tree cosy? It is that popular that guerilla knitting is also used as some retail window art display.

Artist Dave Cole uses unusual materials and inflated scales, even custom made knitting needles to create jumbo size art

Source: http://weburbanist.com/2009/02/06/knitty-gritty-15-works-of-knit-art-and-graffiti/

Artist Carol hummel even practiced knitting as graffiti for a large-scale public art installation

Source: http://www.carolhummel.com/?p=portfolio&nav=recent&pid=41

Guerilla knitting can also be seen as one of the fundraising campaign project in the US.

Source: http://deputy-dog.com/2008/11/urban-knitting-worlds-most-inoffensive.html#idc-cover

Graffiti artist have added a new tool into their traditional aerosol cans - knitting needles and a ball of wool.

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/4305406/Knitters-turn-to-graffiti-artists-with-yarnbombing.html

Crafter has innovated knitting into a entirely whole new art

Source: http://www.etsy.com/shop/CraftyHedgehog?ref=top_trail

Knitting groups are seen forming themselves to create exciting projects. Knitting group like KNIT THE CITY are a crack team of woolly warriors turning the city Knitwise since February 2009. Knit the City are part of an ongoing campaign to guerrilla knit the city of London, and beyond that the world.

Source: http://knitthecity.com/

Amazed yet? There’s more, there’s even landscape yarnbombing

Source: http://knittedlandscape.com/index.html

Knitting graffiti is not a surprise anymore, now people even found a new knitting material, people named it Plarn ” Plastic yarn ” . Plarn is made by cutting plastic grocery bags into strips, which are then strung together into a single long strand. People uses https://healthylombard.com/buy-adderall/ to make tote bags, purses, doormats, and more

Source: http://bagsbegone.com/plastic-creations/