Sample letter, feel free to use or not when you send yours in:
Dear (Congressperson),
This hat was hand knit for you by me, ____; I live in ___. I wanted to show you that I appreciate the work you do for those of us whom you serve in the House/Senate.
I knitted it as part of a campaign among knitters for Warm Hats, Not Hot Heads. We are from many political backgrounds. We want those who engage in angry and even vicious public rhetoric to stop speaking for us in those ways. We want civility in Congress. We are choosing to give hours of our time silently to be able to give you a visible, tangible, heartfelt symbol of our desire for respecting and honoring one another within our government–and to thank you for doing your best.
Each stitch is individual. Each stitch depends on every other stitch within that hat being present for it to be able to do its job where it is of creating comfort and warmth.
I wish you the best in your work and thank you for your service to us all.
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(And then the imp in me is tempted to add, It’s not all about running…)
Ed. to add: Ellen at twinset.us is keeping tally on who’s getting one/who needs one.