When I first moved to Antwerp last October I ran into what I believed to be urban knitting, it was right outside the square in front of Villanella. A friend quickly corrected me, it was in fact urban crocheting. Both go by the name of yarn bombing and it actually started in the Netherlands in 2004.
It’s such a fun and colorful way of temporary street art, it doesn’t show in the picture, but the whole square was kind of covered. Even benches and trees and the like. Perhaps it’s not as eco-friendly, but it did remind me of the moss graffiti tutorials that showed up on the Internet a while a go. Both are less evasive forms of street art. The idea is that you make this moss-sugar-milk mixture, apply it in shapes to walls or other surfaces and then sit back for about a month to watch…
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I saw the same urban knittings in Leiden, last January. They wrapped the trees! Nice effect!
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I’ll try to grab a shot of the same (in a more minor way) here in Manchester…
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If you want, I may send you a pic about the dutch one.
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Yes thanks that’d be good!
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Tell me where I may send it to…
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Roberto send it to agogo2@ymail.com and I’ll post it to my blog (so a bit of background information in your email)?
Alternatively you could just post it to your blog and I’ll reblog it?
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Thanks, I’ll send it you via email.
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