Frilly Caps and Silk Ribbons: Victorian Hairpieces for Day and Night

[@Lisa_Flowers]

I really love the slightly unhinged energy of you panic sewing and making all these pieces. I laughed out loud when you almost fell out of your chair lol! I think you did amazingly well within the time crunch and even outside of it, and these videos and the frequency of uploads is giving me a lot of joy. I know this must take a lot of effort along with a day job, and I want to say how much I appreciate it!

[@mermaidstears4897]

Bonnet pins! They are a wonder, and will hold everything securely in place

[@moonbasket]

Well done! I love how these turned out and well done exercising restraint in purchasing bonnets instead of forcing yourself to make them. Excited to see the rest of the project come together!

[@howcanikeepfromsinging]

I enjoyed watching you play around and be silly with the straw hats....I totally would have done that too 😆

[@pippaseaspirit4415]

I’ve watched so many of your videos recently (having only recently found your channel) that I actually dreamed about knitting last night 😂😂😂😂 I love your videos. Thanks so much for sharing them with us.

[@nancyjohnson8939]

I really like the gold rosette. You are so talented, everything was beautiful

[@wycohibito]

I know that tiredness. I've stayed up a few nights trying to get things done like this. But it looks lovely. Thanks for sharing.

[@999Giustina]

Goodness, it's hard to ge a historical costumer - tailor, dress maker, sewist, under pinnings maker, milliner, hair dresser, hand bag maker, crocheted, sock knitter, etc. So many skills that would have been done by specialists for each item for this level of sophistication. No wonder you got a bit tired!

[@bunhelsingslegacy3549]

I'm really loving your sleep dep/time crunch chaos, reminds me of my engineering degree a few decades ago... trust me, I'm laughing in sympathy, not laughing at you. Glue gun, for the win! Glad you're showing all the accessories, I can sew the things (adequately, but I'm getting better, finally learned how to do a proper placket on the project I'm currently 12" of whip stitching and a handful of fasteners away from finishing), but I have no sense of accessorizing, so the more I watch others do it, the more I hope to learn through osmosis!! As an armoured fighter at medieval festivals I'm constantly looking for just the right period-adequate thing to shade my noggin from the sun when my helm is off doing meet and greet things, but I never see anything from an appropriate time period that catches my interest... my little straw hat may be somewhat period-appropriate but doesn't really go with purple 16 ga steel armour!! I'm tempted to turn it into a bonnet now, but I don't know that that'd look any better LOL.

[@jillyb9995]

Bonnet worked really well in the end. Well done you for sticking with it 👍👒

[@bronwynj5194]

You ladies looked very elegant 🥰

[@dellymel9840]

Wonderful bonnets and evening hair decorations. Very well done.x

[@robertdean2004]

Wonderful work. You are very skilled with the glue gun. As several people have already commented...hot glue can be a bugger to work with. You've got it down pat.

[@amungthemobscutie3705]

I love the full little series of all the pieces in your and your mother's dresses since alot of people gloss over the accessories. It's so exciting and inspiring so see all the little trinkets that turn a dress into an event in and of itself. And it's SOOO cool to see all the effort and different skills that go into each little piece so thank you

[@HeikeWoolard]

Your sewing machine was made to sew straw hats. I have one and they are lovely. Good job on your headwear. 🥰

[@joantionette734]

Miss Knits I have watched you for awhile now. I am always amazed at the level of craft you show in these video's I find this series interesting and your level of commitment quite amazing and your mom is very pretty as well. Thanks

[@lesliesgarden6798]

I’m so impressed by your creativity and inventiveness! Can’t wait to see footage from the ball! 🎉

[@heatherwood756]

I am so enjoying this series! I wish we could raise the bar with todays fashions. Certainly not going back to Victorian days but fashion a little prettier. But I am also in my 60s LOL. I am looking forward to the ball.

[@EdenYell]

Nutella is helping!

[@polkadot8788]

I thought your headress looked fab. I also took inspiration from that ada lovelace portrait. Although I went the mantilla route as I knew I would only be doing a few dances.

[@Rotten_Ralph]

For the front curls bits on Ada, you might try small bun forms on the side, the sort that works with a ponytail and creates that perfect shape maybe? 13:34 I don’t know if you already did that but cest la vie

[@JustSaralius]

You look so beautiful! ❤❤

[@aksez2u]

You must have better luck with hot glue than I've had! I hope everything held up because you and your mom looked lovely!

[@gavannapatterns353]

Everything looks so very beautiful!

[@susanpettymoneyhon3443]

Love the bonnets !

[@robintheparttimesewer6798]

Everything looks amazing! You did a wonderful job. Love the good, better, best idea. I'll have to remember to work that into my projects too

[@jayneterry8701]

Thanks Claude!

[@pauladavitt7554]

I can’t wait to see the knit pieces. Loving this whole ball series.

[@kathyvazquez3601]

You did an outstanding job on everything!! So beautiful!

[@katebowers8107]

Wow! Just … wow! No shame in buying, let’s face it… the wearers of fashion at the time were mostly buying, not making, their own.

[@TheGabygael]

i've only realised now that i don't think i've seen people wearing both a bonnet and a cap at the same time in the early victorian era when it was the norm 50 years prior. I wonder when, how and why it changed

[@mariebray9831]

👒

[@TheGabygael]

i was about to say it was iving ada lovelace but i figured it's on purpose, that updo is everything, i might want to reproduce her outfit at some point

[@robertdean2004]

I may be wrong or it may be a regional thing. I have been a costume maker for approx 35 years and have always known the tortoise shell comb as a Mantilla. No shade.

[@kayautrey3955]

Outstanding

[@SonCh-tt7hv]

Muito lindo!

[@Miniver765]

Yet again, you did an absolutely amazing job at pulling everything together. Bless you, but I just don't have much luck with skillfully applying hot glue, or having it hold with any longevity. Check out V. Birchwood if you get the chance. She's UK based, and has also made a video on bonnet construction. You and your mother look really terrific!