Growing up in small town Canada the curling club, or the hockey rink was where everything happened in the winter time. I was raised in a curling family and curled in high school. My father was very serious and actually competed in the MacDonald Brier in the '60's (world curling championships of that day). My mother was in a women's league and they curled together in a mixed league.

In those days the traditional dress for the "Roaring Game" was a bold knit cardigan sweater with patches of your club and big bonspiel wins and an Scottish Tammy style hat.

I ended up "liberating" my Dad's old Tammy and for thirty years it has been my favourite winter hat. I wore it all through university, skiing, snowshoeing, hunting and fishing in cold weather. It is 100% wool, warm and pretty waterproof. I figure it must be nearly 50 years old now and falling apart. I would love to get another but it seems the company may have recently closed. I can find reference to a website but it seems to be inactive.

It was made by Dorothea Knitting Mills of Toronto and the lining says Fleur de Lis Curling Tam 100% Pure Wool. I would love to find another or something very similar. No wonder they are out of business if their product last 50 years!