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Wet felted Hat Workshop

Wet felted Hat Workshop

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Sorry if this is popping up for you for the second time. I had to remove it last time because I posted on the wrong day. It seems I can’t read a calendar.

Last Saturday I taught a felted hat class. I had 6 students doing a variety of styles. I was sure I took more pictures but they are not on my camera so I must be doing something wrong. Thankfully, some of my students had pictures I could use. Thanks to all of you.

Let’s start with Dani’s hat. She wanted a cloche-style hat.

Then it was almost right but she wanted to flatten and shrink the crown. So, using her head ( it is your best hat block) we worked with the rubbing tool to get the hat to where she wanted it. She did do some more rubbing herself.

Finishing a felt hat on Debs head

 

This is the finished hat. You can see she used a different colour inside.

Next is Leanard. Leonard wanted a Robin Hood hat. this is a hat that perches on top of your head rather than fitting down around your head.

Here is the layout

 

And the finished hat. I say finished, but Leonard is going to work on shrinking the length more.

 

Next is Christine. She wanted an oversized beret.

layout for a wet felt berete

 

The finished hat. I think she was happy with it. What do you think? LOL

 

now we have Luna who wanted a witch hat. She picked a great deep purple for it.

 

This hat was a big layout so it took a little longer from start to finish and we ran out of time. Luna took it home for the final shrinkage and fulling of the brim to stiffen it.

finished hand made felt witch hat.

 

Lastly, we have the 2 I don’t seem to have taken any progress picture of.

Barb’s Cloche hat. She used some silk hankies to decorate her hat they won’t show up well until it’s dry.

And Susan’s folded brim hat. The turquoise was such a good colour for her.

All in all, it was a really fun class with great results.

Felted Hat Wedding Shower.

Felted Hat Wedding Shower.

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Last weekend I got to teach a workshop for the first time since covid hit. I have really missed teaching. I was contacted to teach a wet felted hat class for a bride-to-be. She wanted to do something different than the traditional bridal shower.  Everyone was vaccinated and we all wore our masks. It was a lot of fun.

Everyone picked their colours from The Olive Sparrow (https://www.etsy.com/ca/market/the_olive_sparrow) and I ordered them in. I have to say the wool arrived quickly and nicely packaged with labels. I point this out because I have ordered from other places and received a mixed bag of fibres and I was left to sort out what the colours were and prep it for class.  All the embellishment fibres were from my own stash.

Everyone picked the style they wanted from the hat samples I brought. Then they grabbed their wool and we started. I like to do 3 layers for hats. With the most shrinkage being around and with the resist we used it leaves room at the top for shaping.

once the first side was laid out it was time to embellish. picking out the fibres and seeing how they look is always lots of fun.

Don’t forget to take a picture so you can embellish the other side.

Then the hard work begins rubbing and rolling.

After much rubbing and rolling, it was time to remove the resist.

and now they try them on and wonder how they are ever going to make them fit.

Much more rolling and fulling later the hats are shaped and ready to take home and dry. Sorry I got no pictures of that part.

All in all, it was good to teach again and the ladies were great to work with. I think we all had a lot of fun. I need to thank Sabrina( the gracious hostess) for her pictures of the day or they would be sparse. I think she is happy with her hat. 🙂