Bobble Wrap

I have to admit our neighborhood is rather square than trendy but I am working on it!

So last night, I sneaked off to a nearby street sign and wrapped it in bobbles (at least to some extent, that is 50cm / 1’8″).

Is it fate or coincidence that right this morning (when I took the picture) the sky was grey and no longer blue?! As the blue bobbles have a metallic threat that makes them sparkle in the sun I will have to take another picture later today.

street sign yarn bombing

However, the students of the elementary school right next to it will hopefully notice and enjoy. Can’t wait to see them touch it and wonder how it got there 🙂

Here is the promised closeup (not much of a sparkle though):

street sign yarn bombing

One Eyed Monster

Every now and then the häkelmonster blog has to live up to its promise. So here’s another monster (the face inspired by Muno at Yo Gabba Gabba) for you to see.

Made of (left over) cotton I crocheted it quite some time ago but wasn’t too happy with the pictures. And I am still not. No matter what I do – the monster doesn’t seem to like to have its picture taken. It’s a monster after all. In reality it (he?) has a lot more character than in those pictures.

Originally, the eye was a golden-colored button with a sparkling red stone in the middle but J (my best critic as you know) did not approve. Maybe he was right as the eye would really stick out. So I changed it into a flat black button, adding a little red bead as the middle point. And since then the one eyed monster lives happily ever after in J‘s bed. Eventually, I should take a picture of that “monster packed bed” 🙂

If ever the monster gets a sibling it will be a lot thinner with gawky arms and legs. And maybe two eyes: one underneath the other. And maybe thumbs and a belly button. We’ll see.

Enjoy the rest of the week!

 

 

Monster’s Sleeping Bag

I wasn’t all too happy with my friend’s iPhone sleeve, remember? Thinking of the “monster inside” still made me laugh though, so last weekend I decided to knit a “summer sleeping bag” for the unknown beast.

It had to be thinner but still protective (= rather knitted than crocheted), dark colored (= stain-resistant), hard-wearing (= no real wool), and – probably most important – less prone to pilling.

Fortunately, I came across Anastasia‘s post on how to do the magic cast on when knitting a sleeve. Then Sonja‘s idea (see comments at original post) of using cotton fired my imagination (even though she warned me of the material’s possible disadvantages …). This is how I started.

Against all odds, the “archetype” turned out nice. Nothing wrong with nice, but I didn’t think nice would satisfy the monster. It had to be more than that. And when I came across Anette‘s owl purse I instantly knew what I wanted!

See all three versions below. To me, the ultimate version is blue – that’s the sleeve I sent to Hamburg last night.

1st version in off-whiite cotton with bits of pink and pale blue
1st version in off-white cotton with bits of pink and pale blue
2nd version in off-whiite cotton with bits of pink and pale blue
2nd version in off-white cotton with bits of pink and pale blue and owl
final version in dark blue cotton
final version in dark blue cotton with owl