New homemade hat

[Seagull]

Heres one that I made up last week....out of a settee!

The leather was quite floppy and I had intended to reverse it so as to show the rough side.
But it soon became clear that I couldn,t wet mould it and would only get the shape I was after, if I stiffened the whole thing with the hot wax dip...and doing this, I lost the suedey look.

Still I,m pleased with it, its waterproof, light and you can bounce rocks off it!

This one took , in all, 6 hrs to make.

Many thanks to Bushyboo for the gift of the material.....Cheers Big G:You_Rock_
(RNLI is a little better off)

I think the most important thing I learned, was to cut the sidestrip (coving) in a kind of very shallow V-shape...almost like a boomerang. That strimmer flex will do a good job of edging the brim. And, not to be worried about the final shape until all the stitches have been laid in.

So, swanning around in it, with mental images of wide verandas, Mint Juleps, fly whisks and the cast of "Gone with the Wind", it irks a bit to be told by the Missis that I look like an ice cream man!.......don't you just love the little Darlin's, eh?

Thanks for looking

Ceeg

 

[rancid badger]

I really like that, brilliant!
different mental images for me mind- Ton of bling, huge sunglasses, white suit, frilly shirt- oh, and a white 74 cadillac!
no honestly-really good.

sincere regards;
R.B.

 

[mentalnurse]

i like the look of that hat,love the leather work around it.did you do it ? if so how?

 

[Robby]

That looks fantastic. That is something I would really like to have a go at trying. Is there any chance of showing a basic shape pattern, sizes would obviously need to be adjusted, but a basic shape would give me something to start with.

 

[SOAR]

Exellent work Ceeg your becoming a hat master. Top work.

Simon.

 

[deepcmonkey]

Awesome keep up the good work

 

[sharp88]

Now thats some serious leather skill. Do you have some sort of hardcore sewing machine?

 

[Eric_Methven]

Nice hat mate. Can I have a 99 please?

Eric

 

[John Fenna]

Nice hat!
Mind you don't sit on it!

 

[Seagull]

i like the look of that hat,love the leather work around it.did you do it ? if so how?

The band is just a simple flat five sennit, in 2 mill vegtan.
The only finicky bit, is in cutting the strips out, with sharp scissors.

Ceeg

 

[Pablo]

As a hat connesewer.. connes.... conesoir...enthusiast, I'd say that is a very, very nice titfer. Excellent job.
Pablo

 

[Seagull]

That looks fantastic. That is something I would really like to have a go at trying. Is there any chance of showing a basic shape pattern, sizes would obviously need to be adjusted, but a basic shape would give me something to start with.

All I did, was this:
Get your head size with a tailors tape and its easy to work a cut out into an ellipse drawn fullsize, in "Paint"......thats all.
And, to get the inward sloping sides (batter), just choose your angle and draw it in an arc shape , tangential to the angle. Even just a shallow V will do, as long as you knock off the apex.

I,ve found you can use for the crownpiece, the leftover coupon you take from the centre,when cutting out the brim.But dont cut it at the headshape, you need a margin of 3/8 to 3/4 inch , as an upstand that you sew to the coving.
The smaller the upstand, the better your chances of making a completely wrinkle free brim.
But , if it does wrinkle, (and it sure will, even to sewing tension, so, be light handed with that bit and use plenty of vsmall stitches)...if it does, then you can do as I did here and chop through the brim at the stern a, and remove a small triangular fillet ...that'll fix it!

The brim shape, is just a tangential projection from your head shape template.

Ceeg

 

[Seagull]

Now thats some serious leather skill. Do you have some sort of hardcore sewing machine?

Nah, m8...its all saddle stitched mandraulically.

Ceeg

 

[Seagull]

Nice hat mate. Can I have a 99 please?

Eric

Albatross, Albatross, come and get yer Albatross!
Ceeg

 

[Seagull]

Nice hat!
Mind you don't sit on it!

Cor, painful.

As a test, I did try to support three housebricks with it...no problem!

Ceeg

 

[bushyboo]

Very nice hat mate, I wish i had that skill

Gordon

 

[Gailainne]

I take my (store bought ) hat off to you sir, nicely done.

Stephen

 

[fishfish]

ooooooooooooooooooooooo nice!

 

[Ratbag]

I really like that, brilliant!
different mental images for me mind- Ton of bling, huge sunglasses, white suit, frilly shirt- oh, and a white 74 cadillac!
no honestly-really good.

sincere regards;
R.B.

Pimp my Barmah, anyone?

Rat

 

[Ben Trout]

Three house bricks? Why would you do such a thing?

Thats brilliant, wear it with pride. Ever day and in all weathers by the sound of it.

Have you played with plaits of an even number of strands? With the band on your hat you could get two colours in even numbers of strands. Two colour, six strand Turk's head Woggle:

and a three colour, six strand Turk's head ring (yellow, white and red gold):

In odd number plaits strand 1 always passes over strand 2, 2 over 3 and 3 over 1.
Even numbers the strands alternate, so 1 over 2 then under, then over.

No criticism intended, just a did you know, really. Fantastic job and respect for cutting all the strips with scissors (you Loon!).