Sneak Peek....

[Wolfhawk]

I have received my Blue Bonnet and I have added a "special' to it. Here it is sitting on the bed, ready for this next weekened at Scarby:

[piperdbh]

Aaauugghhh!! Get that hat off the bed! That's almost as bad luck as putting shoes on a table.

A really fine bonnet you have there, and I like the extra addition you put on.

[Jordan]

Nice looking bonnet, its not helping me not wanting to buy one

Aaauugghhh!! Get that hat off the bed! That's almost as bad luck as putting shoes on a table.

Really thats a new one on me, Ive heard of putting new shoes on the table as bad luck but never a hat on the bed?

[BoldHighlander]

Really thats a new one on me, Ive heard of putting new shoes on the table as bad luck but never a hat on the bed?

I know that's an old cowboy superstition, but didn't know it extended to all hats.

[tyger]

The hat-on-bed superstition is indeed an old one.

It was once believed that evil spirits could be found in your hair. This belief was no doubt a result of the observance of the phenomenon that we now know as static electricity.

People would remove their hats and their hair would stand up. So it was believed that the demons were getting into your hair, and your hat. If you were to lay your hat on your bed, then the evil spirits could spill out onto the bed and enter you while you were asleep.

This superstition shifted once static electricity became widely understood, and became another superstition based on sanitation. Putting a hat on a bed could cause the spread of lice.

Anyway, it is good to know that none of us are going to have any of these problems with the fine handwork from Ryan Ross!

[Ryan Ross]

I have received my Blue Bonnet and I have added a "special' to it. Here it is sitting on the bed, ready for this next weekened at Scarby:

Very nice addition, good sir!

The hat-on-bed superstition is indeed an old one.

It was once believed that evil spirits could be found in your hair. This belief was no doubt a result of the observance of the phenomenon that we now know as static electricity.

People would remove their hats and their hair would stand up. So it was believed that the demons were getting into your hair, and your hat. If you were to lay your hat on your bed, then the evil spirits could spill out onto the bed and enter you while you were asleep.

This superstition shifted once static electricity became widely understood, and became another superstition based on sanitation. Putting a hat on a bed could cause the spread of lice.

Anyway, it is good to know that none of us are going to have any of these problems with the fine handwork from Ryan Ross!

Thanks for that explanation, Mark! Never thought about the static angle before! Oh, and your bonnet is finished. Love the color. Garters are on the way.

[tyger]

The bonnet that you made for me is in hand, and it is supurlative in every way. I will post pictures in a new thread next week, if my poor camera has any life left in it. The salt water has done it's deed.

[Ryan Ross]

The bonnet that you made for me is in hand, and it is supurlative in every way. I will post pictures in a new thread next week, if my poor camera has any life left in it. The salt water has done it's deed.

You are kind indeed, sir, and I'm very glad that you like it.

Here's a picture of the bonnet in question, along with matching garters. Note the needle felted cereal number, which will now accompany all bonnets:

[artificer]

Simply gorgeous! Is that a loden blue or something darker, like a slate blue?

[Ryan Ross]

Simply gorgeous! Is that a loden blue or something darker, like a slate blue?

Thanks, brother!

You can't tell from the picture, but I'd almost call it a sort of low-key lovat green... an earthy light green with bits of muted blue. Mark picked out the color at the same yarn shop where I get all my yarn, Silver Threads & Golden Needles, down the way from the Tartans Museum on Franklin's Main Street. He chose it specifically to match his eye color, and made a wonderful choice. It should look good with almost anything, I think. Really an excelent choice.