Last week, my son and I made a beanie.
It was part of the sawing, knitting and weaving project at school. The children were taught how to make long woollen round strings out of very eco-friendly instruments - see below.
But then, what do you do with the woollen string ?
Oscar had the idea of making a beanie, ....
and we had only 45 mns to put it together before school started.
He probably got the idea from a Beanie Exhibition that awaited us at Alice Springs Airport during a family trip in the outback in 2009. To me, the beanie are definitely an Australian icon - many aboriginal people weave them before winter, they often have a very distinctive quirky edge to them, and for the vibrancy of their colours.
