CROCHET HAT FOR PEACE

IS A PERSONAL, NON-COMMERCIAL PEACE PROJECT. IT CONSISTS OF HAND-CROCHETED OR HAND-KNITTED HATS THAT CARRY A SMALL SYMBOL OF PEACE AND ARE PASSED ON FROM PERSON TO PERSON.

MY STORY: I LIVE WITH PARKINSON'S DISEASE. CROCHETING HELPS ME KEEP MY FINGERS FLEXIBLE. WHAT BEGAN AS THERAPY SLOWLY BECAME SOMETHING MORE. I MAKE HATS. FOR CHILDREN, FOR ADULTS, ALWAYS THE SAME SIMPLE SHAPE. AND AT SOME POINT I ASKED MYSELF: WHAT IF THESE HATS COULD CARRY MORE THAN JUST WARMTH?

THE HAT & THE DOVE: EACH CROCHET HAT FOR PEACE HAT CARRIES A SMALL CROCHETED DOVE. THE DOVE STANDS FOR PEACE, HOPE AND CONNECTION. IT IS HANDMADE AND IT IS NOT PERFECT. THAT IS WHAT MAKES IT REAL. THE HATS DO NOT HAVE TO BE THE SAME. THEY MAY BE COLOURFUL, THEY MAY HAVE FLAWS. WHAT MATTERS IS THAT THEY ARE MADE WITH TIME, PATIENCE AND HEART.

THE IDEA OF PASSING IT ON: ONE HAT IS GIVEN AS A GIFT. THE ONE WHO RECEIVES IT CARRIES THE IDEA FORWARD. MAYBE WITH ONE HAT, MAYBE WITH MANY, MAYBE JUST WITH AN IDEA. EACH HAT MOVES ON AND CARRIES ITS OWN SMALL STORY OF PEACE.

PERHAPS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE YOUR HAT. OR PERHAPS IT STAYS JUST WITH YOU OR WITH A FRIEND. IF YOU FEEL LIKE SHARING, YOU'LL FIND ME ON INSTAGRAM: #CROCHETHATFORPEACE @DIESEINBAR1961