Worldwide Knit-in-Public...Hooking in Pretoria

This week is Worldwide Knit-in-Public Week!

So we hooked, cause that's what we do, and there were some knitters as well, and we chose a nice, prominent, public spot, and sat down at Tribeca in Lynnwood Bridge, Pretoria.

Taking over the yuppies' spot

(Behold the beautiful blankets under the table, up there at 9 o'clock!)

They serve a great breakfast and cappo, and my current favourite everywhere...the flourless chocolate cake.

And what do you say about a place that serves their sugar packets in Le Creuset?  

Le Creuset et le crochet

Of course we were not just crocheting away...each of us quickly hooked one flower (pattern: Yvestown Flower Coaster), cause there was some dressing up to do...

If there is artwork, we'll bomb it!

 She looked a bit cold, up there on her donkey...

Much better now!

Ties in nicely with our yarn bombing over the weekend, don't  you think?


PS...some of the hooking that took place over coffee...

Beautiful blankets in the making and finished

Desiring some One of a Kind yarns

Yarn Bomb 2013!

It started with my friend Maryna talking about putting legwarmers on the cow when it's winter, and then I was hooking beanies and had a second idea, and we remembered about yarn-bombing some time and we checked the dates for this year and then it all came together...and we yarn-bombed the cow today!

Nipple caps :-)

Irene Village Mall in Pretoria just begged to be yarn-bombed.  The mall is cow-themed, as a nod to the historic Irene farms nearby.  There's a huge wire cow outside, four legs and an udder inside the square, two squatting metal men, and a mosaic horse and a sheep.   Plenty of scope and space for hooked items :-)

Even the serviette holders play along!

So after quickly calling around, meeting up , collecting a few squares and spares, we met up early this morning to warm up Irene's inhabitants.  First up were the mosaic...animals outside the coffee shop.  As they are already colourful and have very thick neck, they each only got a tiny saddle.  

Is it s horse?  Is it a sheep?

(We sat inside afterward and watched as kids climbed these animals, pulled on the strings of the "saddles", clearly enjoying themselves to bits).

The udder in the square got four beanies over the teats.  Adult-sized would more or less work, and we made it up a little longer that usual, to ensure a  good fit over the teats.  

There now, that's much warmer!

We would have loved to make leg warmers for the legs, but time was just too tight.  Maybe next year...

Can you tell we were a bit excited ?

We had lots of fun with our metal men! 

The cowl was a perfect fit

Granny squares to brighten him up

They immediately look friendlier, so we got cheeky and sat on their laps...

He didn't like his first beanie, so I changed it. Yes, better :-)