Crime & Safety
Yarn Artists Devastated Over Theft Of Popular Art Installation At South Philadelphia Fountain
All of the artwork is gone. Surveillance video showed two people taking apart the art installation on Saturday around 3 a.m.
April 8, 2025
Police are searching for two suspects who stole a popular art installation in South Philadelphia.
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A knitting club called the Drunken Knitwits knitted and crocheted different pieces to decorate the Singing Fountain at East Passyunk Avenue and Tasker Street.
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"We had cannoli, we had cheesesteak, we had pretzels," Ashley Haak, a member of Drunken Knitwits and a yarn shop owner in South Philadelphia, said. "There is around, oh my gosh, 30 to 50 people involved and hours and hours of work put behind creating all the pieces."
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