Don't even ask...I think it's because I bought a bunch of beets that day and the deep plum against the green leaf was so beautiful I went straight to my wool stash.

I just had to do it...

I used a sparkling lurex purble colour for the body of the beetroot, then did a stem in purple wool and used a green varigated mohair for the leaf. Then I made a simple hat using a silvery-grey Noro yarn.

Her it is in my weedy veggie patch next to the red cabbages.

The biggest challenge was getting my son to wear it.

Here it is on a bay tree (son refused point blank to wear it).

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