Volunteering at the Fort LeBoeuf History Museum

Today is my second day at the history museum. Last week it was sunny, so I spent a lot of time out front weeding the garden. Good thing I did; if the purslane is any indication, everything would have gone crazy. 

While it was raining, I took some time to rearrange the gift shop so that most of the like things were together. There is no advertising for the shop, and it sounds as though possibly making signage is in order as part of my volunteer duties.

I also discovered this hat. I know you are looking at it thinking, so it's a hat, okay. Fun fact: that hat is made of acrylic yarn, and it's also crochet. The entire outfit is natural fibers, except for that hat - we're a history museum trying to portray things as accurately as possible. Acrylic fibers are petroleum based and didn't exist 250 years ago. Secondly, it's crocheted. No one knew how to crochet in 1740, or 1750, or 1800, because it wasn't invented yet. At the time of the American Revolution, CROCHET WASN'T INVENTED YET. Doesn't that just blow your mind? Someone had yet to invent crochet by the year 1776, and this museum is portraying events that happened in 1753. Crochet a relatively new thing, comparatively speaking. So, I need some fire engine red wool, or navy blue wool to knit up a toque, aka a voyageur's cap.