Minneapolis Anti-ICE Yarn Store Selling Knit Cap Used to Protest Nazi Occupation in WWII

Linking federal immigration enforcement efforts in Minneapolis to fascism, a yarn store has popularized a red cap based on a Norwegian hat used to protest the Nazi occupation of Norway in the 1940s.

A group of knitters at the Needle & Skein yarn store came up with the pattern, now known as the “Melt the ICE” hat, which is a red beanie-shaped cap topped with a braided tassel.

“What’s been happening in Minneapolis has been so egregious and awful and so destructive to our community,” shop owner Gilah Mashaal said of federal agents’ “use of aggressive tactics,” as they were described by NPR in a Saturday story.

According to NPR:

Since making the pattern available for $5, the shop has raised nearly $400,000,