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Fun times at the Museum – The Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane

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Gallery of Modern Art Brisbane

We had a family day on Saturday and decided it might be time to give our little girl an appreciation of the arts. So we decided to take her to the museum. Little did we know, it would be so much fun for all ages!

The Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) is part of the Queensland art scene and situated at Southbank Arts precinct. It was heavily damaged in the recent floods and has just reopened. And what a fantastic opening it has been.

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Wall of Wishes

There is the massive wall of wishes (Rivane Neuenschwander’s installation IWish your Wish 2003) where you can take a wish for yourself and leave one for others. Our little girl picked “I wish I was older”!

lego city

There is the giant ever changing Lego metropolis (The cubic structural evolution project 2004 byOlafur Eliasson) where kids can build a ever changing metropolis using white Lego bits. We spent a lot of time here!

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The left right slide (Carsten Höller’s ‘Left/Right slide’ 2010) was lots of fun. Unfortunately, Arabella (our little girl) was just not tall enough to go on it. So, daddy made up for it. 🙂

Besides these main attractions, there are some very creative works around.

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Balls at GoMA

We couldn’t go everywhere that we wanted to and we can’t wait to go back! If you are ever around Brisbane, Australia, GoMA should be number one on your to-do list.

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These little treat bags from Dolly Time are so cute, and the little appliques of a pumpkin, cat, witch and owl could also be used on other projects. They call for DK weight yarn to make 5 by 4.5 inch/13 by 11 cm bags; use thicker yarn to make bags that are a little bigger if you want. All the knitting is done flat. 

This Halloween collection from Milla Mia (available as a free download on Ravelry) includes a cute knit bat (shown here) and spider, as well as candle wrappers featuring bats, cats and spiders. They all use DK weight yarn. To make the bat you’ll need a tennis ball or a foam ball to make the body. 

Another creepy cute free download from Ravelry is this knit eyeball pattern from Mary Jane Mucklestone. These would be fun to make into backpack charms or earrings, or to hide around the house as a funny Halloween prank. I’m sure you can come up with lots of other ways to use them, too. The ones shown were worked with fingering weight yarn, but again you can change up the yarn to make them bigger. How about a blanket yarn eye shaped pillow?

The Halloween hangers from Lorraine Pistorio are just cute. These designs are worked in DK weight yarn and include a ghost, candy corn, pumpkin, Frankenstein’s monster and witch, all with cute little faces. They are worked in the round and considered intermediate patterns. You can find them on Ravelry.

Speaking of backpack charms, Gathered has a set of four little Halloween charms that are perfect for backpacks, keyrings, or to make into a garland. The free pattern includes a bat, cat, Frankenstein’s monster and witch’s hat. They use DK weight yarn. 

Ruby and the Foxes has a few Halloween themed bunting patterns that would also be cute to stitch on washcloths or other projects. The graveyard set is shown here, but there are also black cats and other images to choose from. The patterns use DK weight yarn and include tips on how to make the project into a bunting. 

If you want to knit actual washcloths for Halloween, I like this pumpkin shaped one that’s a free pattern from Colour it Green. The original uses DK yarn but worsted weight cotton is easier to find and will just make it a little bigger.