Have a sweater that you don't wear anymore because it makes you feel short and wide?
(Forgot to take a picture before I started hacking stuff off)
Have a hat that shrunk and doesn't fit your giant noggin anymore?
(which you could you use to trace a pattern)
Have a ball of yarn sitting around that doesn't really match but it's close enough?
With a little time, you too could stitch up a hat and gloves by hand because you're too impatient to wait until you can get to your Mom's house to borrow her sewing machine!
You could also take an awkward "myspace" picture of you in the hat.