The hat she generally carries in a bag. It happens all the time. I'll bet I have 20 from here already. Pins bring curling fans together as friends as often as cold beers in the Patch. I once dated a guy I met over pins.
Pins come in all different shapes, but basically the same size.
Making the pins for this year's Brier was Roland Thiessen, who, along with wife Maryann, owns an advertising speciality business near Saskatoon. Pin collecting has been a significant part of Lorne Kuntz' life. He is one of three people to have the full collection of MacDonald Brier pins from 1927-79. I came home from that with a half-full shoe box, and I've just kept on collecting pins. But it's well-insured, I'll tell you that.