Move over Banksy, there’s a new street artist in town! A group of guerrilla knitters, known as the Souter Stomers, covered multiple landmarks in the scenic Scottish town of Selkirk, Borders in an act of stealthy creative arts during the September 2015 Yarrow Ettrick and Selkirk (YES) Festival. Primarily comprised of women over 60, this year’s yarn bombing team also included crochet crafts by Grace Brett. The grandmother of six and great-grandmother of 14 turns 105 on November 6, 2015, and she very well may be the oldest living street artist in the world.

Kay Ross, spokeswoman for The Souter Stormers were very pleased to showcase some of the work of the country’s oldest knitter during the festival. “Grace has confirmed that age is no barrier to participating in a contemporary project,” Kay Ross, a spokeswoman for the group, told The Press and Journal.

The town was yarn bombed with 46 pieces of knitting by the Souter Stormers, including knitted balls outside of shop windows crafted by Grace Brett. The guerrilla artists also hit local landmarks, such as a red telephone box and statue of Sir Walter Scott. There was also a knitted banner placed on display depicting a train on the new railway line through the Borders.

Grace told the UK publication, “I thought it was a really good idea to decorate the town and enjoyed having my crochet included – I didn’t think it was good enough.” But she said “seeing my work showing with everyone else and thought the town looked lovely.”

Recently moved into a care home, Grace now mostly knits to keep herself busy. Also a member of the Souter Stormers, Daphne Pratt told reporters her mother has been crocheting for most of her life. Pratt said her mother “was taught to crochet as a teenager by her auntie Maud and used to always be making something even when travelling on the steam train to London for her work.” In addition to making baby clothes and shawls, Grace used to make crocheted blankets for the local hospital in the late 1980s and even a crochet dress for Daphne.

Born in Lewisham, London, Grace worked at St Paul’s in the telephone exchange as a telephone operator. As a young woman, she often worked on the royal board, putting calls to and from Buckingham Palace, including during Edward VIII’s abdication in 1936. Widowed in 1955, Grace moved to Scotland in 1978 and lived in the village of Darnick until moving into St. John’s Care Home in Melrose earlier this year.

Daphne, 74, believes that taking part in the yarn bombing gave her mother a sense of being “useful” but added, “she thinks it is funny to be called a street artist.” To hear what Grace thought about being included, watch the video below.

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