Stealthy knitters are leaving their mark on the Great Wall of China, the Golden Gate Bridge and a street near you
Vancouver - Beware the friend who suddenly takes up crochet. She (or he) may be a yarn bomber.
Working under code names such as Incogknito and the Microfiber Militia, a global network of "craftivists" is stitching makeshift sweaters, oversized tea cozies and giant pompoms around public property. Street poles, trees, bike racks, bridges - nothing is safe in target cities such as London, Paris, Chicago and Stockholm.
The craftivists' manifesto, according to Vancouver knitters Mandy Moore and Leanne Prain, is "world yarn domination."
Paris was hit in 2007 when hundreds of knitted socks were slid onto street posts in the Marais district.
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