I finally got around to finishing off bonnet #2.
The Cascade 220 felted nicely. I bought some cotton/rayon petersham ribbon for the trim and bow. I like the softer feel/look of it over the polyester grosgrain. I'm going to redo bonnet #1 as soon as I get some forest green petersham. The cockade is of the same style as #1, but with black, green, and white polyester grosgrain ribbon.
I used the medium size instead of large pattern and had to really stretch the top to get the size right. I'll be sticking to the large pattern here on out. I think I also need to lengthen the 4" knit-even-rounds mid-section to give it more width for the slouch.
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