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**Hothir Ethelnor** · 9th February 10, 10:49 AM

How do you knit a bonnet?

**Friday** · 9th February 10, 01:27 PM

Originally Posted by Hothir Ethelnor

How do you knit a bonnet?

unaspenser has a pattern on her web site Russet Lodge Knits.

Do you knit? A bonnet would require you to cast on, on four stitches Knit, purl and K2tog (knit-2-together), increase. You can knit from either the top down or from the bottom up but it would still require the stitches above. I would suggest unaspenser's pattern or there are a number of free basic beret pattern. Basically from a knitting perspective the difference between a beret and a bonnet is the torrie (pom pom) on the top of the hat.

This Loin Brand Yarn pattern gives the basic idea.
Beret,

**Packhound** · 9th February 10, 07:54 PM

I am currently working on my first pair of kilt hose. I really wanted to learn from toes up, so this has been very much a learn as you go thing. I am making the Toirneach pattern found on Knitty.com (from the toes up).

**guitarmatt** · 10th February 10, 01:45 AM

Originally Posted by Packhound

I am currently working on my first pair of kilt hose. I really wanted to learn from toes up, so this has been very much a learn as you go thing. I am making the Toirneach pattern found on Knitty.com (from the toes up).

That's just what I did. I also used 2 circulars instead of dpns. I found it way more convinient.

**unaspenser** · 10th February 10, 01:28 PM

Hothir, basically you knit a loose, very large beret-style hat and then felt it in a washing machine until it shrinks to size and gets nice and thick and water-resistant. The link Friday provided has the pattern I designed based on traditional bonnets of the 16th-18th century, though it's easy to modify to make it into a more 19th-century or modern style.

**guitarmatt** · 16th February 10, 02:40 PM

Thanks for all the replies folks. I finally got around to looking people up on ravelry. If I missed you, feel free to add me as a friend there, guitarmatt. I just started up a pair of lime green kilt hose inspired knee highs for my wife. After that, more kilt hose!

**Hothir Ethelnor** · 16th February 10, 02:58 PM

I'm Hothir on ravelry

**unaspenser** · 19th February 10, 12:24 PM

I'm on ravelry as Shekure, and you can find my patterns there too.

**guitarmatt** · 19th February 10, 02:52 PM

Unaspenser, I lived in Spokane before we moved to Edinburgh. We had 2 corn snakes from a breeder in Boise. Love the zoo, too. It's a nice city.

**unaspenser** · 3rd March 10, 11:14 AM

Originally Posted by guitarmatt

Unaspenser, I lived in Spokane before we moved to Edinburgh. We had 2 corn snakes from a breeder in Boise. Love the zoo, too. It's a nice city.

You are so right. Boise is a well-kept secret, and we do have quite a nice zoo. Good sheep country to keep me happy and lots of Scottish culture to keep Arlen happy too.

We love it here!