Yarn Bombing the Blue Line in Philadelphia

18 Mar 2011 6 Comments

by Audwinain Knitting Tags: grafitti knitting, Ishknits, Streets Dept, yarn bombing

Thanks to my friend Tom for bringing this to my attention!

Ishknits is a self-described yarn bombing artist and on the 8th March she headed out to yarn bomb the blue line trains in Philadelphia. Conrad from Streets Dept was invited along to document the “installations”.

As Conrad says on his site: “[Ishknits] installed 3 pieces on 3 different trains. And even while we started on a near empty train by the end it was the beginning of rush hour and the train was packed, all the people on each train we very excited about the work. Moving out of our way when we needed them too, taking photos, and chatting with both of us. One older woman even asked us excitedly, “is this for the internet?” “Yup, it is, ma’am.”

Have a look here and here for more pictures.