Quote Originally Posted by Nighthawk View Post
They sure have a hand knitted feel to them! The weave is really loose. Maybe the cloth is hand woven... Mine is deffinately felted, though. I can tell by the feel... I felted a pair of Locharron hose once, and these bonnets have the same feel. So I'm wrong on the knitted part- not the first time I've been mistaken. Thanks for pointing that out. (I still like the way they look, though, and the price- so I'll stick with them. Nah nah! Especially given the fact that the ones at STM are over $100 after shipping! They preserve the illusion of being accurate, which is the thing I like best about them. They look good. They are, to be fair, fur trapper era bonnets.)
Agreed and agreed, brother. I should imagine that the fabric is machine woven and then felted- a fine way to produce a quality fabric. And the bonnets are good looking.

As for the price of the STM bonnets, in all fairness, it takes about 10 hours to make one, and at a lower price, the orders were coming in much much faster than I could physically knit them.