Yarn bombed trees

An example of 'yarn-bombing' - a form of street art and, sometimes, non-violent protest that entails the use of yarn and needle-crafts to create public displays. Trees are commonly yarn bombed by having stripes of coloured yarn kitted around branches. This photograph shows a series of three trees in Paddington, New South Wales, that have been yarn bombed with brightly coloured strips of knitted yarn (artist unknown). The knitted patterns encompass most of the tree trunks and lower branches of all three trees and include patches of bright block colours as well as some patterned sections. The photograph was taken by UNSW criminologist A/Prof Alyce McGovern, as part of a project looking into yarn bombing and the wider phenomenon of 'craftivism' entitled "Stitching to resist: Pussyhats, knitting nannas and social justice craftivism."