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| Could knitting yarns be the next spray paint? | | | | ‘Midnight Knitter’ an unknown person |
| According to a news report from Newcastle, | | | | is covering tree branches and lamps with little |
| knitting is spearheading the latest graffiti craze. | | | | sweaters under the cover of night. Police are |
| Instead of the walls and property being marked | | | | investigating the guerrilla needlework because it is |
| with spray paint, knitting yarns are being used to | | | | against the law, covering public property without |
| create a statement (and keep the cold out). | | | | permission. Despite the illegal knitting, Mayor Pam |
| Colourful scarves and a range of assorted | | | | Kaithern admitted that she was |
| knitwear were draped on trees, lamp-posts and | | | | ‘enthralled’ by the colourful creations |
| across well-known locations in Newcastle as part | | | | that had popped up across the region. |
| of a global movement called ‘yarn | | | | The story has captured the imagination of the |
| bombing’ or ‘knit graffiti’. | | | | press who are used to graffiti artists operating |
| Initially, yarn bombing, which originated in America, | | | | under the cover of darkness, but not knitters. |
| was simply a way to get rid of unused knitting | | | | The woolly installations may be a pleasure for |
| yarns. But it soon caught on as something of a | | | | some residents witnessing the handiwork of the |
| viral trend, with knitted slogans and knitwear | | | | Midnight Knitter, but police say it’s still a |
| appearing everywhere from New York to | | | | crime. Some are somewhat baffled what the |
| Vancouver. | | | | woolly thinking is behind the soft and colourful acts |
| The knitting yarn rebels have caused no end of | | | | of vandalism. |
| bad puns in newspapers and in online reports with | | | | About Texere Yarns |
| lines such as ‘those natty knitters know | | | | Whatever your knitting needs, Texere Yarns |
| how to weave a yarn’. And readers seem | | | | have them all sewed up with their one-stop online |
| to have taken it upon themselves as a personal | | | | shop. Find a range of knitting yarns and all the |
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| ‘what sort of woolly thinking is this?’ | | | | Report this article |
| and ‘no wonder they look so | | | | This article is free for republishing |
| sheepish’ or ‘really needles me, so | | | | Source: |
| no idea what ewe think.’ | | | | Republish this article |
| In Newcastle, members of a knitting group called | | | | |
| A Good Yarn took to the streets to create a | | | | Ask a Question About this Article |
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| stunt to promote a science fair in the city. But | | | | blanket. |
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