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MELT THE ICE PROTEST HAT PATTERNS!

Here are two Melt the ICE hat patterns, both from Ravelry. I have downloaded both because I like to experiment with yarn and with needle size. One is free and here is the link to that hat: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/melt-the-ice-toque.

The other is $5.00 and all proceeds go to help immigrant aid agencies who are distributing aid to people impacted by the actions of ICE https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/melt-the-ice-hat

I am using Malabrigo Worsted, color Vermilion, because that is what I have on hand. This is a lovery, super soft Merino, and very easy to work with. It’s more of an Aran weight, #4, and works up great in needles anywhere from size 6 for ribbing and up to to size 9. Malabrigo at Wool and Co. has an array of beautiful reds to choose from. $14.80 for a large skein of 210 yards.


Red pointed knit touques (or caps), with a tassel, were worn by Norwegian citizens in protest against occupying Germans during World War II. They were eventually forbidden by the Nazis, along with Christmas cards featuring patriotic gnomes.

English: Photo taken at the Lofoten War Memorial Museum (Norwegian: Lofoten Krigsminnemuseum) in Svolvær, Norway’s largest exhibition of uniforms and smaller items related to the Second World War, Nazi Germany and the German occupation of Norway 1940 – 1945

Home made knitted mittens, with traditional Norwegian decorative pattern and monogram of King Haakon VII of Norway, the year “1940” and his motto Alt for Norge (“All for Norway, Everything for Norway”)

From wiki –

Confiscated Christmas Cards and Banned Hats in Nazi Occupied Norway

During the Nazi occupation in the Second World War, there were a number of bans the Norwegian people had to follow. These prohibitions were implemented, among other things, to ensure that people should not influence each other to oppose the occupying power. The Norwegian Santa (Nisse) with its red hat is a central figure in Norwegian culture. Walking with red hat during the war was therefore seen as a silent protest against the Nazi occupying power. It became a symbol of resistance. Many therefore let their children go with red Nisse hat to show that they were against the occupation. On February 26, 1942, however, a ban on red hats and all items with those red hats was introduced. The hats were withdrawn and the criminal liability of children under 14 years was introduced for the parents. Also some Christmas cards with these nationalistic figures were banned.

Home made knitted mittens, with traditional Norwegian decorative pattern and monogram of king Haakon VII of Norway, the year “1940” and his motto Alt for Norge (“All for Norway, Everything for Norway”)

Norway was invaded by Nazi Germany in April 1940. Haakon rejected German demands to legitimise the Quisling regime’s puppet government, and refused to abdicate after going into exile in Great Britain. As such, he played a pivotal role in uniting the Norwegian nation in its resistance to the invasion and the subsequent five-year-long occupation during the Second World War. He returned to Norway in June 1945 after the defeat of Germany.