Just in case you needed  a spot of woolly randomness in your day, have you heard of yarnbombing?

Here, from a Telegraph story on the web, is a description of this utterly hilarious crafty phenomenon.

Hundreds of knitters around the world have begun wrapping their huge woolly creations around public property like trees, street signs and lampposts.

They then take photos of their colourful “art” and post them on internet sites for fellow knitters to view and comment on.

One of the most ambitious pieces of work saw a woman spend an entire week covering a disused single decker bus in colourful swatches.

The phenomenon, called Yarnbombing, is thought to have originated in the US but knitters are now beginning to cover British streets in woollen ‘tags’.

Quite often dozens of balls of coloured wool are used to make huge sleeves or cosies which are then stitched onto a fixed object, sometimes done under the cover of darkness.

I just about died laughing when I read about this. I especially like the “under the cover of darkness” part. I have an image of these covert knitting operations in cities across the world. The weapons of choice? Yarn and knitting needles!

Yarnbombing is apparently a thriving art uprising all over the world. They range from the simple…

…to the accessorized…

…to the whimsical…

…and the very random. (These, for instance, are called “guerilla pompoms!”)

All these images, by the way, are courtesy of the awesomely cool Yarnbombing blog, HERE.

I was thinking about doing this in Los Angeles, but it has to be a landmark for it to be truly funny. I thought about the “Hollywood” sign, but that would make my fingers bleed in agony. Maybe, someday, in the thick dark molasses of night, I’ll spirit away with my needles clutched to my chest and my yarn flapping in the wind and dress up a random city post or two.

Happy weekend, all. More posts to come!

Thanks, E, for this knitty tip!