Wee finds: London’s grafitti knitters
It was only a matter time before I stumbled across London’s gang of graffiti knitters and their rather splendid handiwork. Armed with (knitting) needles and (crochet) hooks, Knit the City’s Yarn Corps are a posse of purlers whose sole aim is to “reknit your neighbourhood”.
Even if your neighbourhood just happens to be Westminster… Check out the extraordinarily beautiful results when a certain iconic (and tourist-friendly) telephone box gets a rather woolly makeover:
The stories behind the so-called “yarnstorms" and "knitblasts” also make for hilarious reading, particularly when they involve run-ins with the local constabulary, confronting thieves and rescuing (knitted) victims from their most recent Woolly Web of Woe at Waterloo’s Leake St tunnel:
Read all about the punk purlers at Knit the City here (and follow their dastardly deeds on Twitter here). Wee Birdy salutes you!
All images ©Lauren O'Farrell, and reproduced with kind permission by Knit the City.
Thanks to Deadly Knitshade (love the name!).
