early bonnets

**Dreadbelly** · 8th January 07, 01:58 PM

A little secret... I can't knit very well. Hence the need for testing felting on crochet.

**Woodsheal** · 8th January 07, 02:02 PM

Originally Posted by Dreadbelly

A little secret... I can't knit very well. Hence the need for testing felting on crochet.

I'd think the end result would be similar: a closing and tightening up of the body of the bonnet. The trick is to figure out how much oversize to crochet it initially...!

**kiltedcossack** · 8th January 07, 07:35 PM

Hey, Dread, if it's any help, I'd definitely sign up for one, if you decide to do it.

**David White** · 9th January 07, 07:27 AM

Here is a couple pictures of mine from TartanWeb.

Front

Side

**Iain dubh** · 9th January 07, 05:10 PM

Hullo all
I had thought that the knit bonnets should be more fully "fulled"... here is a closeup shot of the 19th century type that I made up... you can't tell where the stitches are

Here is a before and after shot:

And also one showing just how big the "before" is:

Last is a shot of one of the finished bonnets:

Aye,
Iain