WhenYarn Bombing was first published in2009, the idea that knitted and crocheted objects could be used as a politicalact of resistance was brand new. Ten years and thousands of public acts ofyarnarchy later, the art of knit and crochet graffiti has entered the public zeitgeist,from the 'pussyhat' making the cover of Time to OLEK's crocheted bull on Wall Street symbolising The GreatRecession: a cultural phenomenon that shows no sign of slowing down.

Yarn bombing is an international guerrilla movement thatstarted underground and is now embraced by crochet and knitting artists of allages, nationalities, and genders. Its practitioners create stunning works ofart out of yarn, then donate them to public spaces as part of acovert plan for world yarn domination, or fashion them into personal politicalstatements.

Yarn Bombing the book is a wildly colourful guide to covert textile streetart around the world. It also includes over 20 amazing patterns, provides tipson how to be as stealthy as a ninja, demonstrates how to orchestrate alarge-scale textile project, and offers revealing information necessary todesign your own yarn graffiti tags.