Wally's distinctive red-and-white-striped shirt, bobble hat, and glasses make him slightly easier to recognise, but many illustrations contain red herrings involving deceptive use of red-and-white striped objects.
We are into bicycles, bobble hats and high streets.
They were employed to put tassles on bobble hats and football scarves.
Bobble hats were traditionally considered utilitarian cold-weather wear.