fashion plate of yellow bonnet trimmed with flowers, fashion plate of blue bonnet with lace veil, photograph Let’s take a look now and see how you can create this charming little baby bonnet… THE BLUEBELL BABY BONNET: A CROCHET BABY HAT PATTERN

fasten off – To fasten off securely, work one chain, then cut the yarn leaving a 5 – 6” tail. Pull the tail through the loop that is on your hook. Tighten gently. sc – single crochet: Insert hook into stitch, yarn over (yo), pull up a loop (2 loops on hook). Yo, pull through both loops on hook. 1 single crochet completed. Marge sent me this ADORABLE photo of her in her prairie school teacher costume for cowboy day. She did awesome! bonnets: high above the forehead, there’s also the main decoration; ‘spoon bonnet’ ( early 1860s bonnet, mid 1860s bonnet); hats are now sometimes worn instead of bonnets ( 1865 fashion plate) (prior to the 1860s hats were just worn at the seaside, in the country, or by children) In Detail 1840sIn the 1830s, the ruffle was gathered evenly round the brim ( 1830s cap), while in the 1840s and 1850s the frill was gathered more at the sides ( 1840-50s cap): ‘The form of the caps, both for the morning and evening costume, are very plain upon the top of the head and full at the ears’ ( 1843, Godey’s Lady’s Book). 1850s day caps exposed more of the front hair than earlier caps ( 1855 painting and 1859 painting). Sew the brim to the cap with a 5/8ths inch seam allowance. Sew with the brim side down so the feed dogs don’t mess up the gathers as you sew.

For more experienced knitters, you'll also find designs and techniques that will grow and expand your knowledge. That makes these hat patterns a good way to practice those skills before using them in larger projects. dc – double crochet: Yarn over (yo), insert hook into stitch, yo, pull up a loop (3 loops on hook). Yo, pull through 2 loops (2 loops on hook). Yo, pull through remaining 2 loops. 1 double crochet completed. Finish the unfinished edge of the frill with rolled whipped gathers. ‘Whipping is forming gathers by overcasting a rolled edge of fine material, and drawing up the thread.’ ( source) If you don’t have pinking shears, cut out triangle notches without cutting to close to the seam, about every half inch-inch or so.Cut out your crown piece, sew rolled whipped gathers round the curved edge, and hem the bottom of the crown. But prior to hemming … However, before adding the structure I needed the basic garment. I chose to use white cotton lawn for the lining, white cotton twill for the interfacing and white cotton shirting for the outer layer. That meant I had to sew a total of 12 gussets! This was not a very easy thing to do!

When working in rounds: The ch2 made at the beginning of the round counts as the first dc of the round. Therefore, you should join the round by making a slip stitch into the top of the beginning ch2. When you are done gathering, tie the two threads in a knot, and do the same with the other side so it doesn’t ungather as you sew it. Then, trim off the corner a bit to get rid of the excess fabric near the seam as in the photo below. Don’t cut too close to the stitch line. Sl st in the 2 nd ch from hook and in every ch until you reach the bottom of your second tie, sl st into the 1st ch that you made to join. To begin working on the ties, insert your hook and attach your yarn with a sl st to the end of row 13 (last row of sc sts):

Turn the brim right side out, and take a minute to press it flat and make it look crisp and neat. Then, you can set it aside for now. Step 5. Gather The Bonnet Cap