Well, yes, since you asked, I am on the Norwegian Melt the ICE hat protest knitting bandwagon. I bought the pattern and yarn on January 21, 2026. My first hat was finished January 26th.
For a quick snapshot, the Nazi’s banned this type of red hat in the 1940’s in Norway. The red hat expressed solidarity among the Norwegians against their Nazi invaders. The designers of this particular hat have directed all proceeds from the sale of the pattern to local (Minneapolis) immigrant aid organisations. So far this campaign has raised and donated over $250,000 (January 30, 2026).
So obviously I am a slow knitter and honestly I find all that ribbing so tedious. In fact, 6 inches of ribbing is in the directions but I gave up after 4 and finished the difference in plain stocking stitch. Unfortunately the hat that I made was very loose and sloppy-looking. I realise now I cast on too many stitches (132) because hub’s head is very big and I figured that would be best. Nope. It just keeps falling in his eyes. I am using my needles for some mittens at the moment, but when they are done, I’ll knit another red hat for him.
On the Ravelry knitting site, over 4000 people have posted their completed hats using this pattern.
Fuck Trump and his fascist regime.
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