Adding a cockade to hand-knitted Balmoral

[Tobus]

I acquired this lovely blue Balmoral several years ago from a fellow X-Marker (Aspiringloser). He hand-knitted and felted it, and it has a very nice thickness and weight to it that's lacking in modern commercially-made Balmorals. The shape and size are perfect on my noggin. It has been on a hat stand next to my other Balmorals, but like many other projects of mine, I hadn't gotten around to completing it. I'd like to put the finishing touches on it and wear it.

Over the weekend, I removed the toorie and trimmed it down in size to my liking, then stitched it back on. What I need to do next is put a cockade on it to mount a clan badge.

As you can see, it's a classic Scots blue colour with grey toorie and black/grey/blue dicing. I think a standard black cockade will suit it well. Not a fancy rosette, and not white (my clan were not Jacobite supporters). I'd just like a plain black ribbon cockade similar to the ones seen on modern Balmorals.



I've searched the forum as best I could for examples on making one, but I only seem to find threads about making rosettes and cross-shaped styles. For reference, I want to make a cockade similar to this one:



That one, as well as the one on my Mackie Balmoral, seem to be built the same. They are just 3 inch wide ribbon, stitched to the bonnet, with a front layer of the same width ribbon that appears to be gathered at the middle. Neither of my existing examples have a stiffener or backing material, and I think I'd prefer this one the same way. I don't need it to be stiff and upright, as the pin I intend to mount shouldn't be overly heavy.

So is it just as simple as taking two segments of 3 inch wide ribbon, stitching them together at the ends, stitching it to the side of the bonnet, and then gathering/stitching it at the middle? Or is there some other secret/technique to it? Is there anything I should watch out for before going at it?