Bonnets

[Moosehead]

Cav,
yepper. Join the SF and wear the Green Caubeen. I'll be dyeing some tomorrow. If the damned camera keeps working, I'll get a swatch pic up.

For a Balmoral or Tam, I'd lower the under-crown a tad as well. I embroidered the badge too, got bored the other night. :rolleyes:

Cloves,

Actually, I meant it to look that way. Maybe I'm just being critical. Sizing, just wrap a tape measure around your head, Inches or cms.

Hey, you gonna be in Summerside on the 23rd to 25th? Highland Gathering.

[cloves]

Cav,


Hey, you gonna be in Summerside on the 23rd to 25th? Highland Gathering.

Gonna try to get up there yeah. You and yours mind hanging out with a kilt chick? I'm gonna try and convince my father to go too. If i'm there i'll be in my
UK and my Dad in his trad.

[Moosehead]

Cloves, just tell yer old man he needs a new kilt, from a home-grown kiltmaker. FYI, you must know who Bruce MacNaughton is? Island Preserves? He's coming up next week for a fitting! Seems he needs a new kilt.

[cloves]

I totally know who Bruce is. He wears the kilt very well.
As far as my father getting a new kilt....I was thinking more of a new one for me first ;) I don't own a tank....yet!

[Moosehead]

Bruce is a good bud of a guy I worked with in Truro. He's been wearing the same kilt for 8 years, day in and day out.

I was thinking more of a new one for me first ;) I don't own a tank....yet!

Well, whatcha waitin' for??

[cloves]

funds of course
Stupid question, is it possible to come for a visit sometime and see your wares in person? Alternatively, will you have anything at the games in Summerside?

[cloves]

here's Mr MacNaughton


ever been to the butterfly garden? it's awesome!

[Moosehead]

funds of course
Stupid question, is it possible to come for a visit sometime and see your wares in person? Alternatively, will you have anything at the games in Summerside?

You can come up anytime, although the only wares I have, are those on my body, and those I'm making. I'm shoestring at the moment, but that should change shortly, hopefully. Gotta go mortgage the kids for $$. Everything is custom-made. Give me a buzz (# on the www), I'm sure we can work something out $-wise.

Re. Bruce: gotta get that man into some proper hose! And sweater. Butterfly Garden: nope, not yet. My bud is supposed to be coming up for the Games, he's an artist (painter), Bruce wants him to do some work on the new property.

[MacWage]

Bruce is a good bud of a guy I worked with in Truro. He's been wearing the same kilt for 8 years, day in and day out.

Well, whatcha waitin' for??

I Hope Bruce washes that this occasionally!
8 Years of body funk-> Yeesh!!!

I just had to have someone post not from Prince Edward Island.

I was wondering, Moosehead, how wide (diameter) is the bonnet overall, and also your head?

I am also making my own bonnets, as well as converting store bought berets (a good way to make a decent looking balmoral for $5-$10). The ones so far are 11 inches across overall (based on the measurement of a $50 balmoral). An old-style bonnet I have from the Scottish Tartan Museum on Franklin, NC, USA is MUCH wider- about 13.5 inches.

Also, how tall is that band? It looks rather short, but well proportioned.

For other readers, Thompson's "So Your Going to Wear the Kilt" has a good appendix that tells how to make a torrie out of wool yarn. Simple, but essential, to make a cheap beret look less Monica and more Balmoral. (as I typed this, Monica and Bill Clinton appeared on TV in a commerial!! :lol)

[starbkjrus]

Uh-oh. Something else fine looking to spend money on.