Street Art Sources

Yarn Bombing is a blog that covers the art of knitted graffiti from around the world. The authors of the blog have also published a book on the topic called Yarn Bombing: The Art of Crochet and Knit Graffiti.

Time Magazine published a beautiful photo essay on yarn bombing around the world, from the U.S. to France and from Mexico to Indonesia. There are some elaborate creations that cover buses and military tanks, as well as simple, colorful pothole covers. (Pittsburgh could probably use a few of those.)

To narrow the focus to street art/yarn bombing in Pittsburgh, I will look into Pittsburgh's Yarn Over Society, a group dedicated to knitted street art. The LEDFlower Project is a Pittsburgh-based but global knitted art movement that also combines the interactivity of social media and Google maps.

Finally, I would also like to talk to employees and shoppers of Knit One, a very popular yarn and knitting supply store in Pittsburgh that offers classes and has an active online community as well. I think this sense of community will be an important part of the discussion of yarn bombing.