This July 2017 photo provided by yarn activist Hinda Mandell shows crochet emoji faces that Mandell installed outside of Susan B. Anthony's historic home, known as the National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House, in Rochester, N.Y., to coincide with the city's centennial celebration of women gaining the right to vote in New York State. Knitters and crocheters call it yarn bombing. They're using fiber arts to make political statements, or maybe just to lift people's spirits. Experts say yarn bombing is part of a long tradition in which women use textile arts to agitate, excite or inspire. (Hinda Mandell via AP)
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