Arts; Yarn bombing: The worldwide web of knit graffiti, from N.J. to Dubai. Published: ; May. 16, 2013, 10:08 a.m.

"That's kind of the beauty of yarn bombing—it's temporary," says Beth Baldwin, 40, an arts coordinator who adorned a sign-less brown-brick bar in 2011 with knitted pink and red hearts.

Cherubs donned colorful togas, a stork wore a Gritty sweater, and hand-crocheted flowers draped over the backs of benches at Passyunk Square’s Singing Fountain — then the vandals came. The ...

The knitted 'yarn bombing' at the Singing Fountain on East Passyunk Avenue in South Philly was vandalized early Saturday morning, a crafting group said. The Drunken Knitwits had installed the ...

Through social media, yarn bombing has become a popular way to take over urban environments with cozy graffiti. In late February, the arboretum hung artwork from 30 fiber artists across its 3.4 acres.

A South Philly 'yarn bombing' was revived in East Passyunk after vandalism. The food-themed collection debuted at the Flavors on the Avenue festival Sunday. It included knitted cheesesteak ...

The June 3 Yarn Bombing at Sheldon Branch will emphasize collaboration and reuse — combining leftover yarn, scraps and unfinished projects into something playful and shared. “Usually at our creative ...

Yarn bombing is sometimes labeled graffiti or "guerrilla art." But since its inception -- in 2005 in Texas, according to most internet sources -- it's become more than "a way for crafters to make ...

A public art project that was recently put on by the Willoughby Arts Collaborative went off without a hitch, according to WAC President Pat Carroll Bonander. On July 8, volunteers showed up at 6 a.… ...

COVINGTON, Ky. — If you visited BLINK Cincinnati last year and went to Washington Park, you probably saw people under a chaos of yarn. Covington Artist Dan Shields was the brains behind the ...

The creative act of "yarn bombing" — covering an object such as a tree, parking meter, or even a mass transit bus with colorful yarn — came into the street art lexicon in 2004.