Scottish Bonnets?

[Nick the DSM]

Note: I do not run a sweatshop.

Oh, good, you've joined the 21st century and installed A/C.

[Sorcha]

My two cents is this:

Buy one hand-made, preferably in America. I don't think I need to expound on the reasons to put your money where your heart/home is. There are patterns out there to incentivize you to make one (or more) yourself. That's what got Ryan into knitting, I hear.

The standard bonnet takes about 8 hours of knitting, plus another 2 hours of felting and finishing. Nobody is getting rich off of these.

The prices I've seen are competitive. Ryan and I make them because we love to make a good product that discerning kilties love to wear. We have been known to enjoy a good barter, and are open to out-of-the-ordinary yarn colors and special requests inasmuch as we can accommodate. We even have sources for locally-produced yarn. We sell them through the Museum because we specifically want to support the Museum, and we keep the prices as low as we can because we want you to buy them!

Keep up your sartorial shenanigans and keep your money where your heart is.

Pax vobiscum, kilties, knitties and you elusive knilties.

[unaspenser]

My two cents is this:

Buy one hand-made, preferably in America. I don't think I need to expound on the reasons to put your money where your heart/home is. There are patterns out there to incentivize you to make one (or more) yourself. That's what got Ryan into knitting, I hear.

The standard bonnet takes about 8 hours of knitting, plus another 2 hours of felting and finishing. Nobody is getting rich off of these.

The prices I've seen are competitive. Ryan and I make them because we love to make a good product that discerning kilties love to wear. We have been known to enjoy a good barter, and are open to out-of-the-ordinary yarn colors and special requests inasmuch as we can accommodate. We even have sources for locally-produced yarn. We sell them through the Museum because we specifically want to support the Museum, and we keep the prices as low as we can because we want you to buy them!

Keep up your sartorial shenanigans and keep your money where your heart is.

Pax vobiscum, kilties, knitties and you elusive knilties.

I couldn't have said it better myself, Sorcha. I've been doing bonnets for five years now, the one for Woodsheal was the very first one, and it is much more for love of knitting and Scottish culture than for getting rich. ;)

[Ryan Ross]

I couldn't have said it better myself, Sorcha. I've been doing bonnets for five years now, the one for Woodsheal was the very first one, and it is much more for love of knitting and Scottish culture than for getting rich. ;)

That's a fact!

I learned to knit about 10 years ago, and knitting a bonnet was what I had in mind from the very beginning. That said, I only knit my first bonnet a few years ago, and never had any intention of selling them. But Prof. Newsome got a look at them and immediately told me that the Museum needed to offer them; how could I say no? So y.eah, hoepully we rare breed of bonneteers are making some folks happy with our hats. I know that when I first started kilting, also about ten years ago, I would have given a LOT to get a proper knit and felted bonnet, as the modern bonnets never looked right on me. So hopefully the new generation of kilties will be better equiped now, as a result of our labor of love.

[tyger]

I know that when I first started kilting, also about ten years ago, I would have given a LOT to get a proper knit and felted bonnet, as the modern bonnets never looked right on me. So hopefully the new generation of kilties will be better equiped now, as a result of our labor of love.

Amen, brother. Our militia moto is: "Handmade all the way." That is our history, our past, let it be our future. May the artisan always find the niche, and the niche the artisan.

[Ryan Ross]

Amen, brother. Our militia moto is: "Handmade all the way." That is our history, our past, let it be our future. May the artisan always find the niche, and the niche the artisan.

Amen.

[Sorcha]

I'm sure there is a separate thread for bartering, but I wanted to tag it in here.

My last barter was a bonnet for a lady in exchange for credit at the microbrewery. Yes, beer for a bonnet. The recipient was so pleased with it that her husband threw in an additional fill-up of my growler. Not only is this hotly economical in these "financially distressed times", I made a great business owner feel like the hero of Christmas present because she loves it. Stuff like that is why I knit funny hats. I have an inkling all your barterers know what I'm talking about. Now if somebody will direct me to the thread on bartering, we can trade photos of our swag.

[MrLion]

I couldn't have said it better myself, Sorcha. I've been doing bonnets for five years now, the one for Woodsheal was the very first one, and it is much more for love of knitting and Scottish culture than for getting rich. ;)

I just ordered a "HollyBerry" colored bonnet from you this week.
Looking forward to SEEING it!