Not sure about you, but I have always had issues finding just the right size hat (yes right size/not right hat). I should have known when I looked back at pictures of myself as a baby this would be a challenge throughout life (Mom holding me). While I am not a perfect hat size, my head is a little bigger than the standard. Of course, my friends laugh when I say this, but it's true.
Over the years, I have tried on numerous hats and sometimes they fit but 9 times out of 10 they don't.
As I walk through department stores I glance at the hat racks sometimes trying one on, but most times not. Why? They never fit.
In recent years, I started to knit and my first project was a knitted hat. I then proceeded to knit more hats for myself, hubby and friends, etc. What fun this was, but yet the real challenge was to make a woven hat that fit.
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| Hat on left is my original |
Fast forward to June 2015. Last month
I took Dawn Edward's "Fantastic Felt Hat" workshop at the NEFS (New England Felt Supply). The class was fabulous taught by a wonderful instructor with a bubbly, fun personality. We worked with hat patterns provided by Dawn adding our own twist in the form of fiber/color. At the end of both days I had finished one hat completely, and come close to finishing a 2nd one except I needed to order another accessory to finish out the brim. I will definitely make more of these as it gives me a bigger palette to play with color.
No more complaints about hats that don't fit.
Josie
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