The commute may be a snowy mess, but downtown St. Paul’s light fixtures are looking warm and snuggly.

In what some have mistaken for a cozy act of civil disobedience, a coalition of self-described “yarn bombers” brazenly decorated light poles and street fixtures by St. Paul’s Rice Park and up and down Fourth Street on Sunday, directly in front of the Ramsey County Courthouse and St. Paul City Hall.

The yarn vigilantes signed several of their elaborate knit creations by adding laminated labels with their names, hometowns and even pictures of themselves, revealing a widespread network that stretches from the capital city to Embarrass, Minn.

On social media, at least one yarn-bomber pledged to continue to wrap light poles with knitting this week.

By the end of the week they'll be 157 of them on 4th street, from the ballpark to Rice Park! https://t.co/WPYI5mTXf8 — Hill (@HFrazey) January 22, 2018

The yarn work is led by the “Rage to Order Artists Initiative” of Lowertown, with support from the St. Paul Saints Art Program and a series of sponsors, including St. Paul and Ramsey County.

The goal is to wrap 158 lamp posts along 12 downtown city blocks from Rice Park to CHS Field and keep them on display into March.

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The project, which has drawn more than 165 participants, is supported by volunteers, many of whom have coordinated through the “St. Paul Cozy Makers Group” on Facebook and have met to knit, crochet and weave at St. Paul coffee houses. Registration has closed.