rogue knits

A recent knit occurrence in my very own town brought to my attention a facet of this craft I'd never seen before: YarnBombing.

Using knitted and crochet items, the yarn pirates graffiti urban items. Above, the Ladies Fancy Work Society fit up a giant bear statue with a ball and chain, in a piece they called "slave to the craft". Read more about it here. And it's happening all over... from trees and signposts, to statues, and knit shoes hanging on the telephone wire, an entire blog dedicated to the craft!

Knitting has become a generational movement! No longer private, or secluded, or even personal, it's a shared art designed to make public spaces more colorful, warm, and fun.

So, what say you? Would you join a local guild of the pirate art of yarnbombing?