Alice Band Bonnet by Weldons

Alice Band Bonnet

by Weldons
Knitting
DK (11 wpi) ?
21 stitches and 29 rows = 4 inches
in stocking stitch
US 7 - 4.5 mm
3.0 mm
98 - 109 yards (90 - 100 m)
English

1950s vintage pattern.
Size to fit ‘an average head’.

Original calls for 2oz double knitting wool - pattern also available for same hat worked in 1oz 3-ply wool.

Plastic hair band ‘Alice band’ required to hold front of bonnet (or tie with ribbons?) and 1.5 yards of elastic thread to gather base of bonnet through the crochet edge.