As an owner of newly installed security bollards, you’d expect them to prevent antisocial behaviour rather than become the targets of an act of ‘graffiti’ themselves, however this story of ‘yarn-bombed’ bollards in a Scottish town shows that this form of art is much less sinister than graffiti.
It’s unlikely that you’ll ever come across yarn-bombing on your bollards unless you have a large community of knitters in your area, however knowing about this growing trend could be helpful in deciding whether to allow it near your premises.
Yarn-bombing is the act of covering up everyday pieces of our environment in colourful yarn, usually down by groups using traditional crafts such as knitting and crochet, and usually for fun, community projects.
Take a look at this example from Callender, Stirlingshire, in which 40 knitters created Easter bonnets for bollards just to “cheer people up”, according to the Metro.
It’s all very innocent and the nature of the craft doesn’t damage any of the bollards at all – and more than likely the knitters will come take the designs after a while, so that they can hold onto all their hard work.
However, with the best intentions, you may want to consider its place on your security bollards.
If you’ve had bollards installed because you’re next to a particular blackspot where cars have caused problems previously for pedestrians, making a feature which could draw people to stand around admiring them, especially young children.
If you have any concerns, try speaking to the group behind the ‘yarn-bomb’ and no doubt they’ll be happy to relocate their designs to another area.