torrie's

[mcvarmit]

As a knitter, I can attest that when knitting headgear from the brim up to the crown in the round, you do indeed end up with an 'end' up on the very crown of the piece. But it's just a single end (or maybe two or three if you are knitting in a color pattern).

It only takes a second or two to grab a sewing needle and secure the ends inside the piece, though. The toorie is a very small pompom, which takes a while to make by hand and takes more yarn than you'd think to get one nice and round. So it's not a cost or time saver! But I like the way that they look. It 'finishes' the top of the bonnet somehow.

so the pom pom is a fashion statement, designed to finish off the top of a bonnet? so its historical as well as fashion? well i vote for a pom pom on top of the old head.

semper fi

slick