The first set of ForKni-L Affiliation Pins was constructed by Susan M. Garrett and Calliope Monsoon on New Year's Eve, 1995, and were first distributed at Dead of Winter Con in January of 1995. The pins were originally designed, in part, to help find fellow fans at conventions and other places. They were decorated with representing the various factions of fans that had emerged through the FORKNI-L mailing list. The symbols for the factions were laser printed onto labels, which were then attached to pieces of bevel-cut foam-core board with pin-backs glued to them.