Jan 17, 2024
The first wool hat has found it's home on courtesy patrol
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The first wool hat has found it's home on courtesy patrol
A special commision I am working on. Requested 100% wool, no blends. Everything is hand sewn using silk thread. Structure of wool felting, and rabbit pelt is rolled on the rim. Shell is wool suiting in a herringbone twill weave.
Stitching up a linen liner that will need to be prewashed to remove the sizing chemical that smells terrible
Liner is stitched and in. It's a hat for a hat
Annnd its done for now. I'll talk trimming options with the receiver when we meet.
Sewing: Birka style hat
Sewing: Birka style hat
More or less as soon as I said, “I don’t know what to make next,”I remembered a comment earlier in the day about a fabric in my collection looking like something that Sherlock Holmes would wear. A deerstalker cap is an ugly thing, and I didn’t much feel like making one. But it occurred to me that this fabric, which had earlier this week gone into a pillow, would make a very nice starting point…
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