Getting ahead with a felt hat…

Absolute bliss this weekend to creep off and leave the boys and spend two days having fun!  Ewa always turns up with yet another cunning plan to make felt making slightly less hard work and I’m all for that.  I’ve always felt slightly scared about making a felt hat because of hat blocks and steaming and all the things you see in the more intimidating manuals.  It’s a big outlay if you turn out to be rubbish or you only have one hat in you.

making a felt hat

making a felt hat detail

By the end of the first day of measuring and drawing, deciding on the colour schemes and laying out the fleece, we ended the day with each studio table holding a large amorphous shape of soggy wool, covered in plastic.  It was hard to imagine that any of them could posibly be transformed into any sort of head wear.

That’s what I love about felt making though, the magical transformation from a wet sheep to something with form and structure, colour and substance.  Wool absorbs dye so well, the colours are intense and saturated, a visual feast.

the felt hat brigade

I was pretty pleased with my felt hat, just the thing to wear on Planet Penny…

Planet Penny felt hat

…now… a hat block…I’m just off to Ebay!

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About penny

I live in Norfolk, England in a cottage on the edge of the Norfolk Broads where it can be peaceful and beautiful, or wet and muddy, or occasionally wild and windswept. With me is husband Tim, Henry the elderly and opinionated tabby cat, and Higgins, the miniature dachshund with a massive personality. You’ll find me chattering on about wool and textiles, knitting and crochet, recipes, books and patterns, exhibitions and shopping and of course, the adventures of a small dog! Planet Penny has a Facebook Page, you can find me on UK Handmade and I am featured on Channel4/4Homes Favourite Craft Blog List.

11 thoughts on “Getting ahead with a felt hat…

  1. Rose

    Penny, it’s gorgeous. And it looks great on you. Just the thing to cheer up an autumn outfit on a cold, misty day. Well done.
    bisous
    rose

  2. Penny Graham-Jones

    I’m going to be really boring and say I would never actually DARE wear this in public, and I have nothing to match it! I have a much more daring alter ego…

  3. Thomas

    What a fabulous hat! Could you make a blokes version — a flat cap in shades of stormy blue? Please. I’ll give you a kitkat.

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