Harris tweed bonnet

[Benning Boy]

Something new to argue over, Harris tweed bonnets -- or berets.

http://southpacificberets.com/one-of...---samples.php

Reading the SPB latest newsletter I've learned a beret maker is a bonetaire. Is there a single word for a balmoral maker? There should be.

I've several berets from South Pacific, all quite nice, and all quickley delivered. They're OK to deal with.

[OC Richard]

Note the photo shows a flat cap, too.

I suppose I would call these bonnets Tam O Shanters, because they remind me of the military TOSs worn in the Great Wars, which were assembled out of pieces cut from woven cloth, rather than knit like traditional Scottish bonnets.

In like manner the ancient garters were probably knit (like shooting garters still are) or specially woven to width rather than assembled out of pieces cut from woven cloth like modern tartan garter flashes.

[Orionson]

Thanks for the link, Benning Boy. I like these. Here in Skye living on the coast with the winds up most of the time, my fedoras and broad brimmed hats are useless (sadly) on anything more than a dead flat day.

PS... just to confirm, the fedoras and broad brimmed hats are not part of my Highland attire. I lack Panache's courage, if not his flair, for the Stewart Granger King Solomon's Mines look.

Watch caps are the order of the day, generally. These berets would work very nicely. Thank you.

[Elizabeth]

I have some Harris tweed and was thinking of a bonnet very much like these. Obviously I like them!

[brewerpaul]

Though I didn't use Harris Tweed I have made similar bonnets for myself out of tweed fabric. If you have the right pattern such as barleycorn or popcorn tweed or solids they come out quite nice. This bonnet I made with some 1956 era tweed. I also make flatcaps and fore and aft caps from various tweeds. Great fun and easy projects. You just have to remember the look is a little bit different from a woven/felted bonnet. Photos are proof.

1956 circa wool tweed


A couple of views on my noggin.

[MacGuffin]

brewerpaul those are some classy looking bonnets.

I was wondering if you use a specific pattern or did you modeled yours on a bonnet in your collection?