Traditional Swedish hat
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From the book "Nya enkla kläder för barn och vuxna" by Rosemarie von Zitzewitz. I have a German edition. It says:
The hat was an important piece of the baby clothes in former times. Only though this hat it was possible to know if you had a girl or boy infront of you. Many pregnant women took this so seriously that they made two hats to be on the safe side. The difference was clear: The girls hat had a "toungue" and two side parts, whereas the boys hat was made of triangles (mostly 6 pieces)....
Scroll down a bit and you see two children in the hats: hem.bredband.net/annbet/Minis/Dolls/index_swe.htm
Traditional Swedish hat
For Skuddevut www.flickr.com/photos/effyblog/3656967268/in/photostream/
From the book "Nya enkla kläder för barn och vuxna" by Rosemarie von Zitzewitz. I have a German edition. It says:
The hat was an important piece of the baby clothes in former times. Only though this hat it was possible to know if you had a girl or boy infront of you. Many pregnant women took this so seriously that they made two hats to be on the safe side. The difference was clear: The girls hat had a "toungue" and two side parts, whereas the boys hat was made of triangles (mostly 6 pieces)....
Scroll down a bit and you see two children in the hats: hem.bredband.net/annbet/Minis/Dolls/index_swe.htm