Seeing as how 'She' asked about my Turn A Square hat, and 'He' is a guy who might actually wear a hat if the weather was cold enough, I thought a complementary pair of hats would be a good January present. As I type this it's raining outside, but you never know, we might get snow this winter.
This is what I'm working with, and I'm kind of wishing I had done a grey/red combo for him instead of brown/grey because I only just noticed his coat is black. I kinda think the bigger hurdle is whether the wool content of this yarn will be scratchy - though it's half alpaca and after it's been Soaked it's pretty amazing, everybody has their tolerance level - but I'm always preoccupied with the matchy factor.
Her coat is dark brown, and I think either of these hats would work for her. Also: I finished His last night and it felt a bit snug on me, pre-blocking. I hoped to gift them tomorrow evening if they're dry in time, but maybe I should aim for Sunday, and hope there's enough red (cashmere blend!) left over for one last try with a more relaxed tension? Assuming such a thing is possible, because my tension is crazy loose as it is.
Or maybe grey/red would be too girly. Thoughts? I will take silence as "Mary, you're crazy. Hand over the hats and get going on backup stocks for the half-pair on your desk."
(speaking of which, I cast on for those last night and this morning tried on the still-present sock to make sure I'd cast on the right number of stitches. It is SO perfect and SO soft and JUST the right length everywhere. But I am not crying because I still have faith the missing one will return through whatever black hole it departed. I mean, things don't really go splody when they get sucked through those things, do they?)
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