What on earth is the History of Craft bombing?
The practice is believed to have originated in the U.S. with Texas knitters trying to find a creative way to use their leftover and unfinished knitting projects, but it has since spread worldwide.
A good article on the History of Craft or also called Yarn Bombing can be found here:
Yarn Bombing – The Art of Knitting to Decorate The Urban Scene ( Posted by Marta Ratajszczak, Writer on Jun 20, 2013 in The Arts)
Maybe you see knitting as an old-fashioned hobby worthy of your grandmother. You would much rather do something cool, something trendy. And anyway, what does knitting have to do with landscape or landscape architecture?
The answer is – a lot!
The half-forgotten art of knitting has hit the streets with force. People all over the world are grabbing yarn or wool, crochet hooks and needles, and are learning how to knit. The colorful pieces they create are showing up on trees, lamp posts, monuments, benches, and other elements of everyday cityscape. It is anything but boring or old-fashioned! On the contrary — it is funky, inventive, and very, very fashionable!
The Beginnings
The history of yarn bombing is lost in the mists of time and has been attributed to several different people. All that may be agreed on is that it started in Northern Europe or the United States at the beginning of the 21st century as a form of “inoffensive graffiti”. The movement gradually moved from simple “cozies” to so-called “stitched stories”. The development is mostly attributed to the activity of an English group acting under the name of “Knit the City”. The group, founded in 2009 in London, is famous for its signature sense of humor. It managed to make the art of yarnstorming fashionable worldwide. In fact, it has become so popular that an annual event, The International Yarnbombing Day, was founded on June 11, 2011.
Yarn Bombing
Also called guerrilla or urban knitting, yarn bombing is a new form of art that has been invading our streets with its brilliant colors, sense of humor, and energy, bringing street art and craft together. Absolutely anything can be adorned in this way: Serious statues might be wearing scarves and socks; benches may be covered with soft woollen blankets; even cars and bicycles cannot avoid being cocooned in a soft, knitted package.
see and read more over here in the original article !
Another brief and pithy article can be found here on loomahat:
Yarn Bombing – Knitted Graffiti
Yarn bombing is a brightly colored yarn art craze started in Texas that has literally made its way through the entire world. Streets from China to London, New York to Australia are literally blanketed with the knitted graffiti.The labor is sometimes very intense, the pictures are spectacular.
Ugly images of pain and destruction are synonymous with the word bombing.. Yarn bombing is the literal opposite. Corny as it sounds, it can turn the worst frowns into smiles.
Bright blues, whites and contrasting pinks, oranges, greens connecting with shades of purple make up the squares, blocks and swirls of yarn that can cover just about anything standing still. I love the pictures and they are in great abundance. I found so many online it was hard to choose a few to share.
Brightening Penicuik 