Hunt for the Pink Hat

I have written about this hat before, the pink fair isle hat my mom knit for me when I was a kid that was so long you could wrap is around your neck like a scarf. I remember being made fun of by other kids in kindergarten for wearing that hat. My comeback? "My mom knit this herself for me!" Even then I could appreciate hand-knit things. So now want to give the bird to all those who mocked me by recreating that hat in an adult size.

I went over to the 'rents yesterday to find either the hat, the pattern or a pic of me in the hat. Looked in my mom's old knitting books- Nothing but I did find a half a skein of the yarn she used nearly 30 years ago to make the hat. Talk about keeping a stash! Looked in the bottom coat closet- Nothing, but I did find a jazzy/outdated varigated christmas colored felted beret. Looked in a smal pile of pics-No Luck.

Now I am obsessed with the hat. Like many things, I am sure it isn't really as cool as I remember it but being a woman on a mission, I must find some piece of that lovable hat.