17th Century Scottish garb

[Nighthawk]

I hate to disagree with you, good sir, but those bonnets, fine as they are, are cut and sewn, not knit and felted, and are not really authentic to the 18th century.

I prefer these:

http://giftshop.scottishtartans.org/knit_bonnets.htm



But on this point, I couldn't agree more! Really awesome tunic, Zac.

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.)

[Ryan Ross]

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.