Kippah Collection: Photo Update

It has been a long time since I posted photos of my kippah collection, so here are some I just took.  A number of new kippot have been added, and I have also changed how I organize the collection.  Now there is one stack of "business" kippot: my smaller ones, which I consider OK for work settings.  The remainder of the collection is stacked by materials: satins, velvets, silks, and other.

These are my "business kippot."  The top row were crocheted for me by a friend, as a Hannukah gift.  The next row is the rest of my business crochets.  Left to right: bi pride, gay pride, bought on Ben Yehuda street in Jerusalem, first ever,, second ever, crocheted by a different friend.  The next row has most of the suedes: pink from own Bat Mitzvah, purple from own Bat Mitzvah, from roommate's wedding, from high school graduation, from random Bar Mitzvah.  Bottom row: from random Bar Mitzvah, college graduation gift (and number 50!), came with Bat Mitzvah tallis, from random Bar Mitzvah.

 

These are my satins, mostly "beanies."  Top, left to right: from random Bat Mitzvah (but too nice to be a "beanie"); "beanie" from random wedding; "beanie" from random Bar Mitzvah.  Bottom, left to right: "beanie" from random Bat Mitzvah; "beanie" from same random Bat Mitzvah; "beanie" from random Bar Mitzvah.

The velvets! Left to right: from younger brother's Bar Mitzvah, ultra-Orthodox style, "hat" foundin family drawer.

And the silks Top, left to right: hand painted, by favorite designer; dragon; plain silk by favorite designer; "flowers magenta" by favorite designer; "pink with pomegranates" by favorite designer; blue w/flowers by favorite designer; "geometric shapes magenta" by favorite designer; "hat," embroidered by favorite designer.  (All embroidery in this picture machine done.)

And here are the "everything else's."  Top, left to right: from Bat Mitzvah attended by boyfriend's parents; crochet, from Bat Mitzvah; crochet, from bar Mitzvah; croceheted by same friend who did green-and-yellow pictured above; canvas, from random Bat Mitzvah.  Middle, left to right: genuine Army issue, from previous uniforms; embroidered, came with older brother's Bar Mitzvah tallis; made in Uganda; found in family drawer (my "Kol Nidre" hat); HAND-EMBROIDERED "hat" by favorite designer.

Tzitziot: The Bad and The Good

So it seems that we have entered summer weather.  (I don't care that it's still the first half of June; 90+ degrees outside is summer weather.)  This is the time of year when I question my sanity regarding my commitment to tzitziot.  They are, after all, an extra layer; and even the cotton ones (I'm not crazy enough to wear wool) get all sweaty and heavy.

And then I glance down, and I see the strings dangling right by my hip bones: two sets in front and two in back.  And I remember what a trailblazer I am at all, as a woman outwardly wearing them.  And I smile to myself, and it's all worth it.