Chesterfield post box yarn-bombed for Easter

The post box on Moorland View Road, Walton, was given a festive woolen covering, featuring chicks and eggs – just in time for Easter.

The same Walton postbox, which is located near to Walton Evangelical Church, was also yarn-bombed and decorated for Mother’s Day earlier in the year.

Yarn bombing is a type or street art that employs colourful displays of knitted or crocheted yarn or fibre rather than paint or chalk.

The practice is believed to have originated in the U.S. with Texas knitters trying to find a creative way to use their leftover and unfinished knitting projects, but it has since spread worldwide.

The start of this movement has been attributed to Magda Sayeg who got the idea when she covered the door handle of her boutique with a custom-made cozy

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