Knit hat

In Canada we call it a toque or touque. But it goes by many names - knit cap, knit hat, watch cap, beanie, sock hat, ski hat, bobble hat….. you get the idea. The most common winter hat here in Canada but has a long history. I thought we should maybe have a thread dedicated to this ancient headwear. From sailors to military to farmers it has been keeping heads toasty worm for hundreds of years. Lately it has been re-invented as a slouch hat, just a baggier looser fitting version of the classic. Like a beret it is simple enough but can be worn a hundred different ways. Anyone who lives in a cold climate probably has at least one hanging around. Let’s see them.





Johnny

I wear one plenty. Every day I don't post in WHAYWT I'm probably wearing a beanie.

Well not a touque but knit, my bonnet I bought in the mid-1980s which still is in great shape, made by Robert Mackie, a traditional bonnet maker in Scotland. People may not realise that Scottish Balmoral bonnets and Glengarry bonnets are knit and shaped, most definitely not assembled from cut pieces of flat woven fabric!

My shoes, too, were purchased in the 1980s, and I still wear them regularly. The sporran cantle is from the 1950s and the pipes were made c1905.