Thank you Tamara for this very good detailed explanation which is the
very thing. I would have to have made something just a little too small
when with the information now to hand I can be sure it will suit every
purpose. I am currently working my little projects but will enjoy
checking through all my books and patterns for an edging (haven't
decided whether to use torchon or bucks), but expect that a particular
design will call louder than the rest when I see it. Thank you all for
your excellent advice and information, as always. You are a fabulous
mine of information and experience.
Sue T, Dorset UK
On Sep 28, 2008, at 9:26, Sue wrote:
Before this subject comes to its natural conclusion, is there a
natural hanky size for the christening bonnet (the wedding hanky
wouldn't matter so much), but to fit a baby head is a more complex
thing.
I don't know that there's a "natural" size :) And, the recipient's
oldest child is now 12, so it's been a while and I don't remember
*precisely*, but...
Mine was 10" square, more-or less (allowance for pattern repeats; be
generous and add a repeat rather than take out one. One of the reasons
to opt for short repeats) including the lace. The lace was just
slightly over 1" wide, so the cloth had to have been around 7-8"
square, after hemming.
So, the width of the lace is one consideration; the wider the lace,
the smaller the centre needs to be.
Another consideration is when the child is likely to be baptized; at 4
weeks, or 16? Their heads (and everything else <g>) grow fast at that
age.
Back in Poland of my childhood (everyone a Roman Catholic), baptism
was something that happened very early still (a leftover of the times
when infant mortality was high), with not a whole lot of ceremony
(participants simply stayed past the Sunday mass). Here (Virginia, and
most of my aquaintances are either Episcopalian or Presbyterian, with
a few Catholics thrown in for good measure), it seems 3-5 months and a
big to-do is the norm.
Don't know how it is where you are but, again, you might want to err
on the generous side; I've always thought it'd be easier to make
little tucks to take up the "extra", than to change the tying ribbons
to allow for the lack of coverage.
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