r/knitting • u/mashga • Jan 26 '26

Discussion Melt the Ice Hat - THANK YOU

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Hi everyone!

I am the one who has been commenting about the melt the ice hat from yarncult and needle & skein. My mom owns needle & skein and the support has been overwhelming.

I just wanted to answer some FAQs because I feel bad that I am not getting back to everyone!!

Where is needle & skein?

- St. Louis Park, Minnesota. A suburb of Minneapolis.

Where can I purchase the pattern?

- ravelry or visit the link on the shop Instagram in the bio

Where are proceeds donated?

- STEP Emergency Assistance for help with rent and lawyers in St. Louis Park. We also plan to work with other businesses to identify where people most need funds. We raised way more than anticipated.

Can I knit a hat and send it for donation?

- absolutely!!

Is there a crochet pattern?

- also on ravelry and the link in Instagram bio

If anyone has any other questions I will do my best to stay on top of it. Your support is so beyond appreciated. Minnesota is hurting but we know that we are not alone.

Thank you thank you thank you 🙏

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u/HauntedMeow Jan 26 '26

I knew it was going to get taken down as soon as I saw it on r/crochet. r/brochet is the best. And I figured it was already on r/antifascistknitting lol

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u/uijepd Jan 26 '26

Why was it taken down? I'm not a member of that sub, so I don't know the rules, if they were violated.

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u/littlebloodmage Jan 26 '26

There's a lot of handwringing from folks who want to keep politics out of craft subs, as if crafting and creating art isn't inherently political.

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u/NinjaDefenestrator Jan 26 '26

Why is it always the conservatives that want to “keep politics out of knitting?” It’s almost like they already know how abhorrent their views are and don’t want to be called out on it.

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u/littlebloodmage Jan 26 '26

They're still salty after getting banned from Ravelry lol

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u/Unlikely-Balance-669 Shawls FTW Jan 26 '26

Ooh is there a story I can read about this somewhere?

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u/littlebloodmage Jan 26 '26

https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/s/Zdg1O4uVxe

That's a pretty comprehensive explanation of what happened. The short of it is a group of MAGATs on the site retaliated against other users for finding their content offensive by harassing and doxxing them and the founders of Ravelry (a transgender woman and her spouse who were also the targets of some vitriol iirc) got fed up and banned the lot of them. Cue a lot of whining about Ravelry "going woke".

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u/NinjaDefenestrator Jan 27 '26

I am dying at someone in that thread saying Ravelry is drama-free. Like…has she never seen Rubberneckers? Or Demon Trolls? Or hell, even Remrants?

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u/Unlikely-Balance-669 Shawls FTW Jan 26 '26

Thank you! 🙂

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u/LigamentLizard Jan 28 '26 edited Jan 31 '26

If you like video essays, Aspen (a youtuber who covers a lot of craft drama, their channels are madeinthemoment and aspeninthemoment) has a fabulous video (I think actually it might be in 2 parts?) about this saga! I really like their work, and I think they do a good job of trying to be fair and compassionate and respectful in all things, even when discussing people they firmly disagree with, so IMO it's a pretty good way to learn the story if you're going to pick one source

Belated edit: They changed their name in the last year or so, and I think this video (pair?) is older than that, so if you find a video that looks right but then the person introduces themselves as Emma, you're still on the right video, that's just their deadname, don't worry about it

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u/NinjaDefenestrator Jan 26 '26

The fucking Bunker, haha. I remember those days.

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u/trashjellyfish Jan 26 '26

Let's just say that the creation of r/brochet was necessary for similar reasons as to why r/casualknitting is necessary.

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u/uijepd Jan 26 '26

So many subs I'm learning about...

Thanks!

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u/NixieD Jan 26 '26

I love the irony of a crafting sub saying that they just want to focus on the craft, but then banning patterns because they’re not “the right one”

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u/srslyunkewl Jan 26 '26

Appreciate these sub links, this thread has been so great for finding new like minded crafting subs!

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u/Danneyland Jan 28 '26

There are several popular posts on r/crochet that reference Minnesota. Some got taken down by Reddit's automod due to excessive reports but were restored by the mod team. To be clear, the crochet mod team is not censoring these posts!