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[FO] Hudson Bay style beanie (sh.itjust.works)
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I finished my brain candy stripey hat.

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[–] evasive_chimpanzee 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Those stripes are a classic design popularized by the Hudson's Bay company, which started as a fur trading company in the 1600's in Canada, but now exists as a department store. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson%27s_Bay_point_blanket

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Ohhhh, consider me educated thank you :D