Craftivism & Yarnbombing

Great blog about stitch graffiti http://craftivist-collective.com/category/cross-stitch-graffiti/

https://styleblueprint.com/everyday/magda-sayeg-faces-of-south/

Another example on how "yarn bombing" is becoming more mainstream.  In August of 2013, to celebrate Andy Warhol's birthday, 250 volunteers knitted almost 600 blankets to cover a bridge in Pittsburg making it the largest piece of yarn bombing ever in the United States.  To achieve a project of this magnitude takes an emmense amount of planning and collaboration, celebrating what the arts and knitting can accomplish.

Shephard Fairey's goal was to create an image that has a meaning, and to repeat that image so often that it becomes meaningless.  His "obey" campaign is a great example of this.  What is more relevant to us is perhaps the image of the mustache.  Originally,

"Knit Your Own Mustache"