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yarnbombing noun uncommissioned public art consisting of knitted or crocheted wrappings around sign posts, sculpture, or other stationary objects US- There’s a subversive group of knitters in Montrose, Texas, for example, calling themselves Knitta, that say they “yarn bomb” neighbourhoods with knitting graffiti –colourful knitted objects they leave in unexpected places. — The Ottawa Citizen, 11 March 2006: “Not your grandma’s knitting bee”
- Knitters turn to graffiti artists with “yarnbombing.” — The Daily Telegraph, 21 January 2009
- If you’ve driven along Adeline past the Here and There steel-plate letter sculptures that mark the border between Berkeley and Oakland recently, you will have noticed that the letter “T” has been looking somewhat cozy. The explanation is that it has been yarn bombed–enveloped in a custom-made knitting covering in a covert operation that is being echoed around the world in a movement that sees public art receive a little stealth knitting attention. — Berkleyside.com, 19 May 2010
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