Yarnbombing, guerrilla knitting, kniffiti, urban knitting, yarnstorming or graffiti knitting.
Whatever you call it, it's a growing movement in street art that has now come to North Battleford.
A group of knitters and crocheters has been getting together weekly in preparation for yarnbombing Central Park for Culture Days. Vistara Sidebottom and Kjelti Anderson are the instigators behind the project. They want to "reinvigorate the traditional knitting circle to share skills and get creative."
The culminating event will take place Saturday, Sept. 27 from 2 to 5 p.m. in Central Park, when the "tree sleeves" they've created will be stitched on. Between now and then there are two more knitting circles to be held and everyone is welcome.
The next circle is Thursday, Sept. 18 at the Co-op Mall and the final circle is Wednesday, Sept. 24 at the North Battleford Library.
Yarnbombing is a movement about 10 years old that is said to have started in Texas and has spread throughout North America and Europe. In 2011, a Lethbridge, Alta. fibre artist, Joann Matvichuk, founded International Yarnbombing Day, observed on June 11.
The concept behind yarnbombing is to use knitted or crocheted works to bring colour and wonder to public spaces.
