Crochet Balaclavas Transform Otherwise Ordinary Coverings Into Miniature Landscapes

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Mush­rooms, flow­ers, and fish are just some of the things you’ll find on Ayns­ley of Knot­ted Neon’s head. She cre­ates cro­cheted bal­a­clavas topped with a bevy of tiny ele­ments that trans­form the cov­er­ings into minia­ture environments.

Every bal­a­cla­va tells a sto­ry. The mush­room piece, for instance, is like a walk in the woods. Among the lush green for­est floor are fun­gi dot­ted with flow­ers and even a lit­tle bun­ny about to nib­ble some greens. The scene stretch­es over Ayns­ley’s head and changes depend­ing on how you view it, essen­tial­ly chang­ing lit­tle bits of the tale.

Ayns­ley sells a selec­tion of cro­chet cre­ations in the Knot­ted Neon Etsy shop as well as her inde­pen­dent online store.