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FO: Calavera Catrina

So let’s talk about bonnets.

I know. Bonnets. Accessories that generally went out of fashion around the turn of the previous century. But people. PEOPLE. Bonnets cover your ears.

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This is not revolutionary. Sure there are earflap hats to cover the ears and they do a fantastic job, but I feel that, for me, they are misleading. They imply a certain outdoorsy-ness that I do not possess. I’m sure that’s my own association being projected here, but there you have it.

So when Teresa created the Calavera Catrina, I kind of fell instantly in love with the idea of keeping my ears warm while still being able to see (I have stretched one hat into a shape that allows me to keep my ears warm and my sight unobstructed, but this tends lead to a floppy hat that doesn’t really stay on my head).

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I look a bit deranged in every photo I took of myself wearing this hat. I blame my hair—hat silhouettes can be made or broken by a hair style and mine was not cooperating this weekend. But I love everything about this bonnet. I ended up running out of yarn in the midst of making the small flower petals, but that’s my bad—poor yarn management and I knitted the bonnet a bit too deep—so I rearranged the petals to make three flowers.

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And of course, the weather in Colorado has been such that the need to wear a jacket is sometimes in question, much less a hat, so I haven’t had an opportunity to wear my bonnet much. I managed to lose my favorite pair of mittens this weekend, so I’m generally okay with the warm weather, but it would be nice to be able to wear my bonnet.

2 Comments

  1. I’m sorry to hear about your mitts, but the bonnet is so lovely!!

    • Amy Amy

      Thank you!!

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