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preservation of space is what motivates some of the participants, some of whom have never been able to access a political art space before. In her article about yarn bombing, Joanna Mann explains the balance between the art and politics, "Yarn bombing, I argue, does more than feminise the city, for the whimsy with which it is imbued has the capacity to increase our attentiveness to habitual worlds in a series of micro-political gestures." McGovern finds that yarn bombing may also be used to contradict the idea of women as homemaker by bringing such traditionally feminine art into public space.
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Yarn bombing has been under some scrutiny for the potential negative environmental impact that the yarn can have when placed on plant life. Yarn can restrict sap production on trees and constrict growth. The knitted material requires removal and cleaning up; if left behind, installations become soggy
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to partake in the traditionally masculine and male-dominated graffiti scene. The women and girls who make up the yarn bombing subculture are diverse in race, age, sexuality, class, etc., and create space for themselves and their art everywhere from college campuses to public parks. This creation and
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became Guinness World Record holders in 2014 for the largest display of crochet sculptures, when they yarnbombed a children's hospice with 13,388 crocheted items. (The record has since been broken, in 2018 by a feminist crochet group based in India.) That December, they brought yarnbombing to their
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Yarn bombing's popularity has spread throughout the world. In Oklahoma City the Collected Thread store yarn bombed the Plaza District of the city on 9 September 2011 to celebrate their three-year anniversary as a functioning shop. and in Australia a group called the Twilight Taggers refer to
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called "Moonshine Kingdom" was met with arguments that spray graffiti is prosecuted as illicit, while white trendy yarn graffiti is not criminalized. Public outcry concerning the installation labeled this type of graffiti a symbol of gentrification, although an article by
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The practice is believed to have originated in the U.S. with Texas knitters trying to find a creative way to use their leftover and unfinished knitting projects, but it has since spread worldwide.
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creatures, characters, and items to tell a narrative or show a theme. This was first recorded with the Knit the City collective's "Web of Woe" installation in August 2009.
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The largest display of crochet sculptures consists of 13,388 crocheted sculptures and was achieved by The Craft Club (UK) in Thundersley, Essex, UK, on 24 August 2014.
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Farinosi, Manuela; Fortunati, Leopoldina (April 2018). "Knitting Feminist Politics: Exploring a Yarn-Bombing Performance in a Postdisaster City".
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stated that "Bill Davenport could be called the grand old man of Houston crocheted sculpture." Artist Shanon Schollian was knitting stump
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claims a double standard in criticism of yarnbombing, and that women's work is seen as "cutesy" and inherently less valuable.
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Langreiter, Nikola (2012), "Neues Handarbeiten – Radical? Revolutionary? Guerilla?", in Hannes Obermair; et al. (eds.),
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The movement moved on from simple 'cozies' with the innovation of the 'stitched story'. The concept has been attributed to
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creates yarnbomb graffiti and, in addition to her art installations, creates advertisement yarnbombs for brands like
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Houston artist Bill Davenport was creating and exhibiting crochet-covered objects in Houston in the 1990s, and the
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The Craft Club Yarnbombers (Emma Curley, Helen Thomas, Gabby Atkins, Claire Whitehead and Rebecca Burton) in
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According to Manuela Farinosi and Leopoldina Fortunati, yarn bombing has become synonymous with the current
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covers in 2019 were followed by pillarbox yarnbombing by FiddlieDee Crafts in the 2020 festive season.
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By demonstrating on yarnbombed tricycles, the Knit Your Revolt Tricycle Gang in
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to describe their graffiti knitting, as an alternative to the more popular term
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Price, Laura (February 2015). "Knitting and the City: Knitting and the City".
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The Knit the City collective were also the first to use O'Farrell's term
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The Wild and Woolly World of Yarn Bombing, Street Art's Soft Sensation
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due in part to the reclamation of the traditionally feminine arts of
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Lizards Mouth Yarnbomb Installation by Stephen Duneier (Spring 2014)
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Alien Campsite Yarnbomb Installation by Stephen Duneier (Feb 2015)
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Regionale Zivilgesellschaft in Bewegung - Cittadini innanzi tutto
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Advertising campaigns have capitalized on the yarnbombing trend:
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Fry, Naomi (17 February 2020). "By Hook or by Crook: Woolly".
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yarn or fibre rather than paint or chalk. It is also called
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Warm and Fuzzy - Yarn bombers leave colorful mark on city
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Craftivism and Yarn Bombing: A Criminological Exploration
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Craftivism and Yarn Bombing: A Criminological Exploration
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protests "anti-bikie" laws that outlaw motorcycle gangs.
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Guide to Night: Mark Thomas joins the guerrilla knitters
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Although yarnbomb installations are typically found in
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Grandma Graffiti': German Knitting Guerillas Go Global
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Harrington, Jaime Rojo & Steven (25 March 2015).
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Yarnbombing

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