I sent four Jayne hats to Megacon. Count 'em. Four.
One: Sold Friday afternoon.
Two: Sold to the lady in the picture above Saturday morning.
Three: Sold Saturday afternoon.
Four: is a small, and still waiting to be sold.
Five: is in progress -- I got a request for another one from someone who follows both
me and
JT on Twitter!
Of course, if you want one yourself, either check out my Etsy site tomorrow/Monday (by then I will at least have listings for Custom Hats) or send me a direct message on
fanknitics Twitter.
Okay, so I didn't go to WisCon, but one of my hats did! waywardcats, who won the Jayne hat I auctioned off for Peter and Ericka's Accessible House, took said hat to WisCon this year, and offered it for auction there, to benefit the James Tiptree Jr. Award. The hat raised $80 for the award, which is an an annual literary prize given to the author of "science fiction or fantasy that expands or explores our understanding of gender" (from tiptree.org).
I never expected a single hat to do this much good. It brought $45 for the Accessible House auction, in addition to the $80 at WisCon. I have a little daydream of this hat going on to be auctioned again for some other good cause. Whether the lucky winner (and gracious donor, pictured) decides to do that, or simply keeps the hat and enjoys it, I'm extremely grateful that it's gone this far, and has both assisted someone in need and supported one of those people who make this type of fandom possible.
