At the last Kirstenbosch Market, I had a customer called Marie who bought a newsboy from me in dark autumny colours with a black brim (I’d only finished sewing it the night before, so forgot to take a photo). Then she said she also wanted a BonBon but not in any of the colours I had available. She wanted one in the Cotton-On DK I use for my slippers, in Faded Denim. I said I thought that the cotton might be too heavy for the style (because it is quite a fat hat), but she showed me how she would wear it:
1. Pull the entire hat down right over your face.
2. Roll it up once.
3. Roll it up again.
4. Roll it up once more.
I guess you now have a … what? a baby BonBon with a sausage brim? I have to say, I’d never thought of that myself, and it looked stunning on Marie the way she did it. She assured me that she had lots of hats and knew exactly what suited her!
NB #1. She asked me to make the “welt” extra long so that she could roll it up as much as Carol has here; my other BonBons are a good 5 or 6 centimetres shorter.
NB #2. The cotton has made the whole thing a lot heavier than the ones made with acrylic, this one weighs 236g.
NB #3. I increased a few more times than usual with this one, because the cotton has less stretch than the acrylic.
I’m really pleased with the way it turned out. Hope she is, too. Now, where did I put her number…?
Nice piece of work 
Brilliant! Wr elarn much from our customers :-)
HAHAHAHA Jill you crack me up! I love how the hat looks on Carol but would love to see it on Marie; remember to take a picture of Marie please and thank you. Thanks for sharing. Love and Hugs, Tamara
I will try, but I think she lives at the other end of the Peninsula so it might get posted to her – but I’ll ask her to send me a pic anyway. She is 72, very lovely and elegant and statuesque with brilliant blue eyes and silver hair.
:) She sounds beautiful indeed.
Sorry about the rubbish typing! I have still not had a go at the pattern but will be doing some come autumn here in the UK!
HaHa!!! It is a cool hat which ever way ya roll it. :-D
Yip – cool is how we roll!!!
I like the alternative style. I wonder if Imake one if I can have it both ways?
Yes you can! Marie used a “normal” BonBon to achieve the look she wanted, it had a three-roll sausage (if I can put it like that). She especially wanted a fatter brim.
Looks great like that… mine is progressing…
You realise you are the guinea pig here? I’ll be having trouble sleeping until you have completed the UK version of the BonBon…
Nearly down to the rib… picture on today’s post of it earlier. I love the pattern that the stitches create!
cute post! ty for the chuckle.
You wouldn’t want to be wearing lipstick when you pull it over your face, hee he!
I did wonder where this going at the beginning.x
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