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The Farm Aid Hat is a simple colorwork pattern featuring the Farm Aid 40 logo with a nod to the inaugural year of 1985. This hat pattern rocks vintage vibes with a wide fold-over brim and hand-crafted pom that sits atop stacked stripes! Knit and wear this nostalgic design in the grassroots spirit of Farm Aid and in solidarity with family farmers.
All profit from the sale of this pattern will be donated to Farm Aid's Family Farm Disaster Fund — supporting farmers when they need it most. The Farm Aid Hat is a collaborative project between Sara Lawrence of MUSE and Get Bentz Farm. The yarn included in hat kits from Farm Aid was all sourced, processed, milled, and dyed in Minnesota.
Each bundle of yarn includes a pattern download code on the inside of its label. There is a QR code that will take you to the pattern page on Ravelry. You can alternatively buy the pattern alone via Ravelry.
The yarn is a blend of 90% Harvest Hills wool and alpaca from a hobby farmer in Minnesota.
Theresa Bentz. Get Bentz Mill is a solar-powered, regenerative, cottage-sized wool mill that is situated on the farm. Theresa Bentz is the sole operator of the mill and touches the fiber at each step of the process. The wool and fibers used in the mill are all produced locally, and the shepherd is paid appropriately for their fibers. Theresa uses a wastewater recycling system and all-natural scouring soap during the washing of the fiber, and uses no harsh milling chemicals during the carding and spinning. This allows the fiber to be as natural as possible. Taking fiber from raw wool and turning it into yarn takes many steps, from washing to picking, carding to drafting, spinning to plying, and finally placing the finished yarn on cones for the knitting machines. Each skein of yarn and finished product is as unique as the animals who grew the fiber, and as natural as the day it was shorn off. Read more about Get Bentz Farm
Pattern design: Sara Lawrence from MUSE
