This hat needs Jock'd.

[Bruce Scott]

just enlarged photo....looks like a sergeants mess photo, all are ncos .....with the exception of the soldier with the crown on his sleeve a warrant officer !!!.
the one sporting the sporran would be a pipe major possibly.......I must admit the TAM O SHANTERS that they have on are typical of the period...dinner plates compared to the modern Issued ones.

Aren't the four inverted chevrons on the lower sleeve the insignia of either a Pipe or Drum Major? The fellow in the photo also has something above the stripes on his right sleeve which could be either a drum or bagpipes (far too indistinct for my eyes).

Some also have wound stripes on the lower left sleeve.
http://www.photodetective.co.uk/Wound-Stripe.html

[jock gray]

Yes you are correct. ....I couldn't make it out. ....my old pipe major was Queens own Highlanders and that was similar in design.
For the record. ..no can't play the pipes. ..It was in my youth.

[Pleater]

That's a great looking Tam Anne.

Thank you Mike - I've been making similar headgear for a long time, from when I left home and no longer had my Nana to crochet things for me - it is not all that easy to make out, but it is made in crochet, as that gives a result with more flexibility than woven cloth, but not so soft as knitting. When I was a student I was never penniless, not as long as I had a hat to sell. They funded many a night out on the town.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

[Mike S]

Hi Anne,
My mother and grandmothers practiced both knitting and crocheting. I know all the work that goes into it, and wish I had paid more attention to learning the techniques while growing up.

Hats off to your excellent results (pun intended).

[MacKenzie]

Well, the lining had to come out.

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Now it's... well... hmm. Still needs work.

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[MacKenzie]

On another note. The Redhead finished up the first "practice tam" (her words) yesterday.

This one's in acrylic. So today, off to the yarn store to get wool we went.

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[Benning Boy]

That's an awful lot of lining in the military bonnet. I didn't realize there was so much. It ought to be more shape-able without the lining, but probably won't shape quite like a modern military beret -- but I wouldn't want such a bonnet to look like a beret.

It's theatrical costuming, but look at the bonnet worn by Errol Flynn in the early scenes of The Master of Ballantrae, an old movie. It's a pieced together bonnet, not knitted, much like your military bonnet, but It sets cocked on the actor's head somewhat like a jocked modern beret, at least the US sort with a stiffener over the right temple. That's a much better look to my way of thinking than the dinner plate or Pizza Boy style so common in older photographs of Highland Laddies, and modern adherents to the THCD dress code.

[Liam]

It's getting there!

[Pleater]

This is my latest crochet round cap - it is a bit big so I might offer it for sale - Steve is allowing me to use the hobbyists section -there is the Pigsey look from the series 'Monkey', but it can be worn tilted to one side or back, as required.

[MacKenzie]

Back today with the latest headgear. The output from the RedHead's hook with wool yarn.

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