Headwear for the in between months?

[Paul_B]

It struck me today that there's a need for a beanie hat that's not too warm but covers your head for autumnal wind. I've got plenty of sun hats, summer caps, winter caps and winter beanies. I don't have and haven't really seen thin and less warm beanies for likes of today. It's too warm for wool hats, it's on and off heavy rain showers with sun in between.

There's under helmet hats but they're like a base layer look with obvious seams that IMHO isn't a good look as the outside layer.

What's your solution to the in between months for headgear?

 

[Man of Tanith]

tweed flat cap is my personal go to for Autumn

 

[Paul_B]

I had one as a kid, real Harris tweed bought at a point to point. It was really warm and stood me well one very cold and snowy winter when we lived over winter in the Ribble valley near Ribchester and got snowed in. Temperatures in the negative for quite a few weeks IIRC. Not what I'm thinking of. Mind you I did see Harris tweed caps from a company near penrith that was sold on a Saturday market stall n in kendal that tempted me. Only ten or fifteen quid! For pure wool of course. You can pay a fortune for designer flat caps in cooler fabrics that might be OK. I refuse to spend sixty plus quid for a cotton or viscose flat cap just for a kangaroo symbol on it!

 

[billycoen]

I bought a beanie off a company called Lomo,cheap,and doesn't boil yer noggin.

 

[Herman30]

Särmä TST Verikauha Field Cap - Varusteleka.com

We decided to breathe some new life into the traditional Finnish

www.varusteleka.com

I go with this one spring-summer-fall. Warm but not too warm unless in mddle of summer. Sheds rain nicely (probably treated with DWR). I have three colors of it but mostly use the green one.

 

[Van-Wild]

Grow your hair.....

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[TLM]

Thin fleece caps with visor and ear flaps. I also like the Bundeswehr light winter cap, very good design.

 

[Robson Valley]

Find someone to knit chullo with different weights of wool/synthetic.
You can have block-heaters for every season.

 

[nigelp]

I sometimes use a buff in head wear ‘mode’ to keep off an autumn chill. Just the right balance.

 

[MartinK9]

Woolpower Ullfrotte Original Balaclava - 200g

The Woolpower Ullfrotte Original Balaclava is a lightweight and simple piece of headwear made from an insulating blend of merino wool and polyamide. It features a single opening which can be pulled down below the nose or mouth, or left to cover eveything but the eyes.

www.raymears.com

Rolled up to form a beanie.

 

[Billy-o]

These Eastman watchcaps are very, very good. Beautifully well made and comfortable. Also makes you look handsome in rough, overweight kind of Springsteen sort of way. Has the bizarre effect of making one look forward to the kind of weather you might wear it in. Obvs, take the label off.

U.S. Navy :: Watch Cap

The US Navy 'Watch Cap' - so named from a sailors duty of keeping watch.

www.eastmanleather.com

There's a wool baseball cap too; warmer than the cotton ones there.

Headgear

www.eastmanleather.com

Also look out for a good quality 'Radar' cap.

 

[Paul_B]

Grow your hair.....

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I used to go bare headed in the rain. My hair was so thick I could keep a dry head in heavy rain. I'm late 40s so whilst still a full head of hair it's not water resistant for a couple of hours like in my 20s.

 

[billycoen]

Watch cap,if it was good enough for the Monkees it's good enough for me.

 

[bobnewboy]

Im a baldie, and so in the in-between seasons i wear one of these, by day and/or by night:

Sarma merino wool beanie.

 

[bigjackbrass]

A good quality Basque beret, the type without a headband, is comfortable and very weather resistant. Get a decent size to allow shaping to suit the conditions and pull right down if necessary.

A good quality basque, on the other hand, doesn't keep your ears terribly warm.

 

[Paul_B]

Im a baldie, and so in the in-between seasons i wear one of these, by day and/or by night:

Sarma merino wool beanie.

That's the only kind of lightweight beanie I've seen, the ones with prominent seams. Might be good but I would wear such hats anywhere and everywhere. I prefer them to look decent too. I don't think the ones with seams do.

Like this one from running brand innov8.

Montane one

Another montane one

All these are good but IMHO don't look good when used on the streets too. Multi use but I guess I'm being vain here.

 

[Paul_B]

Basque beret? That's a joke right? No offence if not but I've never even seen one for sale, let alone thought they could even be an option. A flat cap is a far as I'd go for the traditional hat styles. I can barely carry off the common hat styles like baseball caps, beanies and certain brimmed hats let alone the unusual.

I might be vain but I think we all are to different degrees, I just like more mainstream looks. In winter you see more people in places like Sweden and Norway wearing the woollie hats like beanies and watch cap than you do over here. I bet they'll be wearing hats now but here it's not as common I think and not this early in autumn.

 

[Herman30]

All these are good but IMHO don't look good when used on the streets too. Multi use but I guess I'm being vain here.

Don´t know if it´s an age thing but I don´t give a shyte about what people think of my clothing style anymore. I´m 54.

 

[Paul_B]

I'm 48 but it's not about others but me. I give a .... about kit I have looking good in my eyes. It's not true its just that outdoor only kit is pure function not looks. Pure "street wear" is about look I'm comfortable in. Outdoor/street it's a mix. Horses for courses I suppose.

Straight outdoor seams only matter if they make the hat uncomfortable. Straight street use I might not use anything or just use a slouch type hat. But I don't really do just street so it's why I'm looking on an outdoors based forum and online sources.

Probably makes no sense to anyone but me that!

 

[bigjackbrass]

Basque beret? That's a joke right?

Nope, genuine suggestion. They're very comfortable and effective.