Scottish Bonnets?

[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.