And a Hat to Match

I'm all about matching.

When I was in high school, my dad got me a box of FOURTEEN pairs of purple socks for Christmas. Why? Because he'd had enough of my bawling when I laid out my outfit the night before and the socks that I had that Matched Perfectly were nowhere to be found. Lost. Eaten by the dryer. Whatever. It would routinely reduce me to tears. This was the early 1990's, and the Gap was all about "socks to match" and let me tell you, that always worked on me.

I'm much more lax about this now -- heck, sometimes I wear the wrong color neutral socks on purpose, because variety is the spice of life. You know. A beige taupe top with some green taupe socks. I'm cutting edge that way.

Self-mockery aside, I had just enough yarn leftover from the elephant kimono to make a little beanie. I thought about putting trim on the brim, but that would make it not stretchy, so I settled for a little tab of elephants. Enough to say, "these go together" without being overwhelming. So, though you've already seen the sweater, I took another photo last night of the pair before I put them in the box.

Here you go.



The hat is a classic beanie, but I made a little tab of garter stitch so the elephant trim IS actually holding something down. It's real cute. Sadly, I am missing the shower as I'll be coming home from St. Paul, MN that day, but I'll let you know what they thought when I find out.