Lace KnittingHandspun Cotton Lace Bonnet 
This bonnet is my first attempt to knit my own handspun cotton. Last
summer, I spent hours spinning cotton on a tahkli (tiny brass supported
spindle from India), while supervising my son in the park. After letting
the skeins sit in a box for months, I finally designed a bonnet. The crown
is a doily from Le Tricot d'Art, vol. 1, and the brim is the Maidenhair
Edging from Marianne Kinzel's Second Book of Modern Lace Knitting.
I knitted the bonnet on size 0000 (1.25 mm) needles and the entire project
took 116 yds of 2-ply cotton. The cotton itself is rather slubby as it
was drum-carded and not commercially prepared. It measures 43 wpi. Trivia
fans may be interested to know that this bonnet weighs 4.8-4.9 gm!
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