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If you wondered what those knitted ornaments that you are finding all over Berkeley's public spaces are, you should know they are Y arn Bombs. I started noticing them around a couple of years back in poles, bike stands, signs, and other public spaces and got curious. Yes, they are pretty,  AND unexpected. But who is doing it, and why? The so-called "Yarn Bombers" are all over the place these days. But here in Berkeley, CA live a couple of talented knitters who have been knitting street installations on public spaces all around the Bay Area. And as it turns out, as I was coming out of the Cheese Board I stumbled upon the infamous art crew Yarn Bombing a bike stand in front of Saul's Deli at the Gourmet Ghetto . Apparently, these days the original Yarn Bomber goes around finding spaces to "Yarn Bomb" with her apprentice whom she calls "The Russian." Yarn Bomber said: "It’s street art, obviously. It's exciting for me to be able to m