"Well gee whiz, that's extremely fitting for this moment,' said Mashaal. Me being a Jewish small business owner, that resonates with me on so many levels."
"We thought we'd have a group of 10 people come and knit, and it turned out to be over 100, Mashaal said. Then it started spreading and it's just been crazy."
Gilah Mashaal, owner of Needle & Skein in suburban Minneapolis, overturned a no-politics rule to host a protest stitch-along in response to federal immigration paramilitary activity. An employee proposed a red knit cap inspired by the Norwegian topplue/nisselue used during World War II as a resistance symbol, a concept that resonated with Mashaal personally. The shop produced a pattern with a ribbed brim, pointy top and tassel, then published the Melt the ICE pattern on Ravelry for $5, directing proceeds to the St Louis Park Emergency Program (STEP). The event expanded from an expected small group to hundreds, and nearly 70,000 pattern copies were sold within two weeks, with adaptations and local yarn-shop involvement spreading the effort nationwide.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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