Today I learned that the pom-poms common on knit hats has an unexpected history. It was worn by sailors to keep them from bonking their heads in low passageways aboard ships. Kind of like a knitted cat’s whisker for sailor heads.
Now you know!
Today I learned that the pom-poms common on knit hats has an unexpected history. It was worn by sailors to keep them from bonking their heads in low passageways aboard ships. Kind of like a knitted cat’s whisker for sailor heads.
Now you know!