- Date
- 1950 – 1979
- Material
- hair
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.0068 a-d
- Description
- A collection of four knitted caps with ties for under chin, and pompons at the top. (a) navy blue, 27.0 x 24.5, handknitted of heavy yarn with narrow, 3.5 cm ribbing at edge and sloping in shape to top with small red pompon. One red and two white lines knitted around above ribbing. Two knitted tie…
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- Title
- Ski Toque
- Date
- 1950 – 1979
- Material
- hair
- Description
- A collection of four knitted caps with ties for under chin, and pompons at the top. (a) navy blue, 27.0 x 24.5, handknitted of heavy yarn with narrow, 3.5 cm ribbing at edge and sloping in shape to top with small red pompon. One red and two white lines knitted around above ribbing. Two knitted ties of slightly different colour blue were added. (b) plain blue, texture of small squares knitted in wide band at bottom, with small ear flaps and ties of two different lengths, top is gathered with pompon of same material, 30.5 x 22.0), handknitted. (c) light blue Norwegian, 23.0 x 25.0, handknitted with rolled ribbing at edge and band of Norwegian pattern in dark blue and white just above, top of hat covered with navy blue "lice", and gathered into small light and dark blue pompon. Chin ties of light and dark blue yarn twisted into a cord are of two different lengths. (d) black, 27.0 x 27.5, handknitted black with small cuff at edge and multicoloured Nordic design around middle of grey green, red, and yellow on white, top is gathered together with large pompon of all colours. Knitted black ties at each side.
- Subject
- households
- sports
- winter
- skiing
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.0068 a-d
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