GoldenHook
Got a grandma? I do. Too bad she's the chainsmoking, leather pant sort who wouldn't know her yarn over from her slip stitch. I love you Nan, but your new age, anti-bake-sale jabber won't keep my ears warm this winter.
If, like me, you don't have the hook-ups to hand-knitted headwear this side of the equator, then French website GoldenHook is the answer your frostbitten extremities have been longing for. With a team of inhouse Grandmas poised at needlepoint, in just three simple steps the beanie of your wildest dreams can become a woolly reality:
1. Choose the shape of your hat. Do you want long, short or the Peruvian kind with ear flaps? Do you want a pompom on top, or a more aerodynamic look?
2. Customise it el-stylish. Dare to have that Ruby angora stripe. Make an understatement in Wallflower wool.
3. Choose your Granny. Meet Simone, she's a fan of her triple function microwave and Patchanga. Or perhaps you like Sarah, 85, married since kindergarten and a former dairywoman. She'll knit it for you lovingly and stitch your name inside to boot.
Et Voila! For a modest sum of Euros, you have yourself a bespoke beanie, and somewhere out there sits a happy Gallic Gran who made some coin while watching re-runs of Poirot.
Product: Accessories
Anatomy: Hair
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