When the weather is cold everyone appreciates a beanie! Alice Springs is in the heart of Australia, surrounded by desert, very cold on winter nights, and very hot in summer. Every year hundreds flock into Alice for the Annual Beanie Festival, where works range from fine art works by indigenous desert artists through every possible woolly hat, some gorgeous and creative, some atrocious! Knitters all over the nation work through the year to bring their creations to the Alice Springs Beanie Festival in June. Are they collectible? Yes I am reassured they are, no matter what kind of beanie you are looking for you will find it there!! We were there a few years ago … here are some images 🙂 Artists, check out the Beanie Festival website to see this years winners.
snazzy!
the grand hall …. full of beanies!
how does this one look?
So many beanies!
Thank you Jake for your wonderful ideas … always so much fun exploring the photo library to find something suitable!
heartfelt images 
Fabulous pics for the theme. 😆
thank you ad, do you wear beanies in SA?
Some people do, but not where I live as it never gets cold enough.
Great work for this week theme my friend ,
Very colorful and nice design of beanie my friend , Thanks for sharing 🙂
beanies are fun, and useful! i dont imagine you ever need a woolly hat do you jake?
So true my friend even here like now very cold weather more people used beanie made in Baguio City ,where so many people love knitting job 🙂
I love hats, especially a good beanie! These are great! 🙂
maybe planning a little trip for you two up to the red centre one june???
Actually, I’d love that!
Love it, Christine! Another bit of Alice madness, like their Henley on Tod regatta. Great post:)
madness indeed! we sat next to a beanie fanantic on the flight out there, she goes every year, thank goodness for all the wonderful mad people in the world!
Yea to that!
What fun! A practical collectible for sure. 🙂
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whoa that is a lot of beanies
Aha they are wonderful, wish I could wear them but I have too much hair!
So very silly but so loveable!
warm fluffy things are loveable!
Never seen so many neat beanies in one place. Sounds like a fun show!
Thanks for sharing those great pictures.
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yes it is a bit overwhelming, but we each found one! thanks for your visit 🙂