Spiked Hat Class
Last month I taught the spiked hat class at the Ottawa Valley Weavers’ and Spinners’ Guild. I had 6 wonderful students. Some did hats with brims and some did hats with folded up bottoms. As usual I did not take as many pictures as I should.
Notice how she is putting dots on the inside of the hat so they will show later on the outside.
And lastly the finished hats. one person did not get the spiral for the spike to warp around in finished in class. I offered to stay but she said she would do it at home. I would like to see a finished picture of it. the paten around it was quite nice.
Everyone liked making their spikes and learning how to attach them and then shaping in the swirl for it to lay in. The spick does need to be tacked in place so it stays put or when you bend over it falls out. All in all a good class.
15 thoughts on “Spiked Hat Class”
What a wonderful variety of hats – even though they worked to the same set of instructions.
Thanks Lyn. I love to see what people do with the same starting point.
Lovely hats Ann, I bet the ladies were really happy with them. It’s wonderful how they came up with different effects.
Thanks Maureen. Everyone did seemed to be very happy with their result.
A great variety of hats. They are all lovely and unique. It’s always fun to see how differently people create.
I never stops amazing me how different everyone’s work ends up.
It looks like a lot of photos to me Ann! I know how it is in a class, you start out taking photos and then all of a sudden the class if finished and you realize you haven’t taken any. The hats look great and they look they are having a great time.
I always go in with the best intentions of taking pictures of everyone at each major step but somewhere along the way I forget about the camera. Of course they are having fun, it’s felting. LOL
They all look great, and good thinking by the woman who put the dots on the inside, that’s the kind of thing I never think of until after 🙂 I always forget photos too!
I often forget about putting stuff on the inside.
Wow, what great results. I haven’t made a hat yet but am dying to. Haven’t found any workshops in my area yet. Any suggestions? Also, where do you find forms to wrk the hats on? Thanks so much.
Hi Sherry, thanks. Where are you located? maybe asking over on the Forum would be a good idea. There are people form all over on the forum.
I’m located in northern Colorado. Fort Collins.
I don’t know anybody off the top of my head but I would try one of the spinning and weaving guild or fiber groups. felters tend to hang out in other fiber groups. there are very few felters groups anywhere. Heres a good like to groups. http://fiberarts.org/directories/guilds/Colorado
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