Yarnbombing is a phenomenon something like graffiti, but knitting wool is used instead of paint, and the yarnbombers cover public property like road signs, trees, even a bus, with knitted creations. The Sun has some pictures of a few objects covered in woolly 'garments' including a tree, a bus and a petrol station here and there is a good selection of photos on this Swiss site.
The craze is believed to have begun in Texas when clothes shop owner Magda Sayeg covered a door handle to brighten her shop up, then started on various other items of street furniture. It was Magda and her friends who covered the bus in a woolly layer. Yarnbombing is also taking place in Britain too, now, apparently, although I haven't spotted the evidence myself.
I'm not very keen on the name for this activity, yarnbombing, as bombing is a negative word for such a creative activity. Of course, 'bombing' also means 'moving very quickly', which is what graffiti artists, and no doubt these knitting artists do too, in order not to be spotted. I would prefer yarnstorming, or perhaps yarnishing.
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