A Wearing Beer Retrospective
How it got on my mind I don’t know, but I started to have a retrospective about crocheted beer can hats. These made the rounds in the seventies when women still crocheted (OK, today’s politically correct environment let me say Rosie Greer knitted). Don’t hear much about it, as a matter of fact, don’t hear much about any old-school crafts . The only craft I hear of anymore is for scrapbooking. Reckon, there are more available time killers than ever before, but none of those produce results like the crafters of old. Remember when ‘Skins use to make God’s Eyes (or were they called Zias)?
Having spoken to a few people about beer can hats and few remember them. Actually, if one has never seen one it is difficult to describe and get across. Thankfully, the greatest of all time killers, the Internet, hold a fair retrospective.
Rather than go and scrape a bunch of photos, let me direct you to a very good page on the topic (I even gave it a vote up on StumbleUpon!)- The Museum Of Kitschy Stitches
My favorite are the themed pics, like the 6-pack of Bud with pretzel strewn about, and the golf photo with appropriate head wear.
Further Proof For Darwin Humanists
The beer can hat was a short lived fashion, which came about as beer cans (and all beverages) moved from tin to aluminum cans. Don’t know if could be called a fad, but it is a fashion statement whose time should come again. However, maybe we have evolved in our alcoholic head gear.
Following the beer can hat, some figured that you don’t have to just wear your favorite libation, you can wear AND drink it the same time! All due to space age advancements in polymer technologies. Thank you NASA!
49 Princess Crown
Here is a variation on the theme- a crown for your favorite 49 Princess.
BTW- It's actually for sale check it out.
Pop-top Fashions
But not all old school fashions have been retired, just renamed. Pop-tops use to come off the can, then there was nothing to with them except throw them out the window (indoors put into ash trays) or bend them into a chain. Now, what once was fun, is now called “Green.”
