i've scoured all yarn covered corners of the intertubes to find some of the best examples of knit/crochet graffiti (legal or otherwise), we'll start with a video from a crew by the name of knitta please, a renowned and nimble fingered group of rebels who have been covering public property with guerilla knitting for some time.
first up, trees....
above: entitled 'tree cozy', this incredible crocheted outfit was made by carol hummel, took 500 hours from start to finish, and stood for 3 years outside cleveland heights city hall until just recently.
sources: top, bottom left, bottom right
above: top - a knitted/crocheted tree in logan square, chicago. part of the graknitti project. bottom left - knit knot tree in yellow springs, ohio. made by the jafagirls. bottom right - a colourful tree in delhi, india. artist unknown.
now onto handrails, lamposts and mooring rings...
sources: top left, top right, bottom left, bottom right
above: top left - a knitted handrail cover near tullikamarinaukio square, finland, by knit sea. top right - a tagged guard chain in stockholm, left by the prolific masquerade crew. bottom left - a mooring ring tagged in stockholm, again by the masquerade crew. bottom right - a grateful and warm lampost in houston, texas. dressed by members of knitta please.
telephone wires...
above: a knitted variation of shoe tossing, this pair knitted and tossed by knitta please.
not even road signs are safe...
above: territorial knittings, an unauthorised project by lauren marsden. her aim was to cover the signs of every street on which she has lived in victoria, british columbia, with knitted replicas. all fonts and dimensions are exact and there are/were 6 of the signs in total.
no statue is too tall to be knitagged...
above: karl xiii wears a beautiful tie in stockholm. all clothing supplied by masquerade.
public gardens...
above: a knitted flower planted outside a casino in monaco. many more similar photos can be found at knitted landscapes, a site filled with pictures sent in by readers who have left woollen plants, rocks etc in various locations.
and then the mother of all knit graffiti projects...
above: this old abandoned gas station in syracuse, new york, was knit graffitied to within an inch of its life after a worldwide effort was initiated by artist jennifer marsh. over 3'000 panels were stitched together to cover the building and not even the pumps were left uncovered. more info here.
that's all for now. if you're looking for more knit graffiti, i'd suggest the following links as a starting point, most of which have other related links in their blogrolls...
feel free to leave links to any others you particularly like in the comments.
