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Knitters Dress Up Trees for Public Art

by Pat Coate | March 11, 2008
"People are really, really enjoying it. They're coming from towns to have their photograph taken with the tree. They're adding stuff to the pockets."
- Corrine Bayraktaroglu, project initiator

Yellow Springs, Ohio, USA - No, that's not a hallucination. That pear tree is wearing a sweater.

Last month, residents of Columbus, Ind., knitted cozies for 33 ornamental pear trees that line the city's main street.

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