First attempt at knitting a Glengarry

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Sorry folks, we have been out since posting this. We were in Dallas with the Bluebonnet Scottish Country Dancers performing at the State Fair.

pbutts - the Glengarry measures 4-4 1/4 inches high which is the same as the glengarry's that my sons pipe band wears. It may look bigger because of how I took the picture or how she is wearing it.

For all you other knitters - No, I don't think knitting a balmoral or hummel bonnet with acheive proper shape. I basically followed the pattern in the Folk Hats book to establish the shape but used Anne Gilmour's balmoral pattern for sizing. The pattern in the Folk Hats is for a regular knit hat and is not fulled. I used a size 10 needle with worsted weight yarn. I used one of my previously fulled balmorals to gauge the size of the final product. I measured the diced band to determine that eight rows by six stiches is about an inch. Once I figured out the size I wanted the final product I cast on the number of stitches needed for my daughters head and continued knitting in the round for the diced section. The Folk Hats pattern calls for a strange stitch (that I never could wrap my head around) at the front and back of the cap. This is supposed to help establish the pointed affect instead of having a round, pill box type of hat. I have since figured out you can accomplish the same affect with a pearl stitch. I continued knitting in the round until I reached the proper cap height I calculated (about 36 rows on top of the dicing). Then a pearl row all the way around. This helps the final fulled fabric fold over and take shape. Then the cap is work one side at a time with a series of short rows to form a gusset at the top and it is closed up from the inside with a kitchner stitch. I will be working on a pattern to give better details once I work out a few kinks on my next one. I hope this helps. I will be adding notes to my ravelry project as well. Thanks for the encouragement!

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I was thinking about my post while waiting in the doctor's office and I realized I confused/missed a step. The short rows were added to the top of the body to give it the slightly rounded shape and THEN the pearl row all the way around. Then for the gussets... worked one side at a time... knit to the mid-third then back and forth picking up a stitch every turn until you reach the center. Same for the other side then kitchner stitch up the center to close it. This gives the hat a natural fold down the center. Again, I am working on drafting something a little more clear for posting later.