How long to make a pussyhat?
Jan. 23rd, 2017 09:37 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elfsA (now deleted) Tweet from an alt-rightie demanded to know, "Please explain how millions of pink hats were manufactured and delivered with military precision all on the same day!"
Two years ago, I went to visit a friend who was stuck at home caring for her husband, who had recently had a heart attack and was bedridden but recovering. The walk from the bus stop to her home was about four blocks, and when she asked me how I was I said fine but that my ears were freezing.
She made us tea while we caught up, and then pulled out a bag of yarn and a crochet hook. It's something she does. About twenty minutes later she presented me with a lovely hat long enough to cover my ears.
I still have it, too. It's not pink. I bet the biggest problem in making so many hats for the march was securing the yarn in the first place.
Two years ago, I went to visit a friend who was stuck at home caring for her husband, who had recently had a heart attack and was bedridden but recovering. The walk from the bus stop to her home was about four blocks, and when she asked me how I was I said fine but that my ears were freezing.
She made us tea while we caught up, and then pulled out a bag of yarn and a crochet hook. It's something she does. About twenty minutes later she presented me with a lovely hat long enough to cover my ears.
I still have it, too. It's not pink. I bet the biggest problem in making so many hats for the march was securing the yarn in the first place.
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Date: 2017-01-23 08:15 pm (UTC)Yes, it was. I heard that a lot of places ran out of yarn, and some had to make theirs from maroon or some such close color. Also, a lot of people just sewed "pink ears" onto their pink caps. That would probably take about 10 minutes.