We think knitting is a harmless hobbi, for the quiet, staying-home kind, but it can also be very political. From the moment Elisabeth I did not give permission to patent the knitting frame (because it would take work away from knitters making stockings), the mandary wearing of a certain type of hat, through the information knitted into patterns, the stockings knitted for soldiers, to the latest pink "pussy hats" that were knitted in order to show dissaproval to the American president's stance/opinion about, behaviour toward women.
Among other countries, the US is fast sliding away from democracy, and people strongly dissaprove the actions of ICE. This dissaproval manifest in many ways, someone is knitting the little blue bunny-ear hat of a little boy, who got caught up in the proceedings.
But others knitting the red hat, norvegians were in the 2nd World War to show their resistance and resentment toward the Nacis.
Ravelry has two patterns for the hat.
ONE that is a paid patterns, but (according to the pattern's Ravelry page) all proceedings go to agencies that help immigrant kids.
ANOTHER one, somewhat modified version is free.
Now, if we (here in Hungary) could come up with a universal symbol to show our resistance to the current political situation.
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