Confessions of a Star Wars lover: When I was little, Star Wars (what is known to some as the FIRST one which is really the fourth episode) played quite often on cable TV. The one thing that scared me more than anything has ever scared me-past or present-was that brief glimpse of the Tusken Raider standing over Luke making that horrible sound raising his pole above his head. Sometimes, I find that my life calls me to be a Tusken Raider…I admit, that when I find a really big stick, I do, on occasion, lift it above my head and give my very best Tusken Raider impersonation. I get mad when no one knows what I am doing. Ya’ll need to get your geek on.

So, yes, although this project was traumatizing in that these things terrified me, it was also liberating because I own those stitches….Tusken Raiders no longer have a power over me. :P

I did write down what I did in order to make this hat, and perhaps, some day, I will attempt to make it into a pattern to share with the world…but for now I’ll stick to my George McFly self loathing and not put myself out there for that kind of rejection.