That’s what my non-knitting long-time dearest friend called me when she asked me to make four more pussyhats! (I made one for her and one for her sister to wear in DC.) I love that – we all are milliners to the resistance. Here’s the latest New Yorker:
Better late than never, here are photos from the Minnesota March.
When I boarded a city bus there were plenty of other hats. A favorite, but blurry photo, was a knitter finishing her hat. “I wish I had finished this last night.” Lament of knitters everywhere.
So many hats, all handmade. I thought about the images and visual statement of the Suffragists. Color served as a means of instant recognition then, and now.
The Saturday Night Live on the night of the march used this, when Olga Povlatsky (Kate McKinnon) appears behind Putin. Everyone in the audience immediately recognized it and applauded.
The kids…
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