The Motivation to Create

Picking up a needle, a paintbrush, or pencil comes easier to some more than others. The recent Global Woman's March motivated knitters to make the now symbolic pink pussy hat, including my cousin Lynne. The only hurdle was that she hadn't knit anything in years. Fortunately I remembered the sage advice of our dear departed friend and knitter Bobbi who always told us when reading patterns "Just do what it says". With that in mind we began. After a few false starts and 6 hours of stressful knitting the hat was taking shape. 

Lynne Knitting

Lynne went home to continue knitting with a deadline of the next afternoon! She knit well into the night and was up early the next morning to finish. By 2:00 the next day we were back at it, teaching her how to cast off and sew up the sides.

This mindful version of a hat was for her son to wear while marching in Washington DC the next day. She finished it and he wore it! 

I was impressed by her motivation to outfit her grown son with a pink hat and his willingness to wear it!

It is not a new concept for women to unite and create for the  support of common goals and thoughts of making a difference. 

The march is over but the reasons we marched are not. 

I would like to see these hats worn again. Worn on any random day driving down the highway, on the train, or gathering places to remind us what motivates us to create and make a difference in our own and other people’s lives.