May I please get a few opinions

[MacWage]

I am still working on it. The crown is done, I am now making the bottom section, working in a taper, and will be building the brim soon.

It has been a total pain in the ear to make.

Looks GREAT! The older tams WERE often knitted. It looks to be pretty solid. I'll just have to try one out some day soon, especially as you "hoof it" in Greenville, South Carolina (not far from me).
On color: For some reason, they seemed to have prefered blues. (I'm not really sure why? Must have involved the cheapest pleasing common local dye) Yet, it was SO COMMON, that the hats (and often their wearers) were called "Bluebonnets."

[Mike1]

Yet, it was SO COMMON, that the hats (and often their wearers) were called "Bluebonnets."

An' aw they waunt tae dae is wish ye's aw guid marnin'!

[cavscout]

I prefer this new design. It is a more solid looking structure and less "Regae".

Another cool feature would be to have, for example, an SF Green top with Dark Brown band and Tori or vice versa. Kahki / Brown, Black/Green...

You could select the most common color palates of tartans and design your bonnets to coordinate with them like the argyle socks.

[Dreadbelly]

Well I discovered a pleasant suprise. The effect of the ridges is reversable.





When turned inside out, it becomes a sheer smooth surface. I think if I stick with this style of creation, I will allow customers which side they want if I stick a pom pom on there, or, if no pom pom, it can be just left as reversable.

Next on my list... Do this in black and gray, Douglas colours, in a two tone striped effect.

Oh, this hat is available for sale, once I figure out what to do with it and if it needs a pom pom and on which side.

This was immensely time consuming. I know I will get faster on this style, but it took me about three days in total, and letting it go for 20 bucks for three days labour, well, I need to figure out if I can make them faster somehow. I already know I can't compete with East Asian imports and child slave labour. So I already know I can never actually get paid for my labour, the best I can hope for is to recover my supplies. The two tones will cost about 25 bucks, maybe more. Not really sure what to do here. I have some high grade hemp wool stuff already in my store and I had a hell of a time moving that stuff. People wanted organic hemp wool blends, but they didn't want to pay for it when they could get something almost as good somewhere else. For considerably cheaper.

Er, sorry, this is not the place to air my personal troubles and views. But you kilt maker folks selling kilts at low low prices, I feel your pain.