Yarn Bombing in Palermo Hollywood, Buenos Aires

On our stroll this noon, we stumbled upon some beautiful examples of "yarn bombing".  Near the corner of Voltaire and Angel J. Carranza stand several typically bland poles and a rather nondescript looking tree.  Some thoughtful artistic knitter proceeded to lavish attention on both, transforming the corner into something having a touch of magic.

Yarn bombing (according to Wikipedia, that source of information--right or wrong, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yarn_bombing), yarn bombing began in Holland in 2004 and is now being practiced internationally.  Sometimes called guerrilla knitting or graffiti knitting, this beautiful type of art is nondestructive, and if it carries a message to other knitters, I'm missing it.

One of the elderly tree's lower branches was amputated, so someone thoughtfully provided it a lovely tree cozy.