Friday, 31 January 2020

Shakespeare Might Have Made This


Another of the theatrical hats, this time a Tudor cow pat hat


No doubt an outcast from some Shakespearean production company.



A good all-round merchant to a noble hat to go with your Tudor costume







Sunday, 26 January 2020

Red Chaperon

This Chaperon is part of the job lot of 6 theatrical hats I purchased.


Being made for theatrical use, aesthetic rather historical accuracy lead the design.





















 That said a first glance it fits the bill, just ignore the fabric and way its made.




 The nice long livery pipe, scarf bit if you want attached to the side of the hat is nicely flamboyant.


Good to chew on 


or hide behind


Saturday, 18 January 2020

Cat in a Hat

Yesterday my cat went to sleep for the last time after providing companionship for 15years, so a couple of photos where she managed to get involved in my hat blog.





Saturday, 11 January 2020

Basic Origami Hat


The most basic of all origami hats involves 5 simple folds and makes a kind bicorn like, hat as below



This was made using a sheet of A2 sugar paper, A3 would make a child-sized hat.
The paper needs to be rectangular, not square.

(newspaper works just as easily)


Fold the paper in half (the fold line is across the shorter size)


Position the fold at the top 


Then fold the corners in so they meet in the middle as below


Fold the top layer of bottom edge of the paper up, over the folded corners


Then turn the paper over and fold the remaining edge up


That's it your done you now have a hat.





Thursday, 2 January 2020

Goblin Hat

A hat that is suitable for a Goblin.


This hat has been part of the groups LRP kit since well before I joined the group




Part knitted, part fabric, part leather, part hessian, part fur, partly embroidered, roughly stitched together, and well tatty this mix-up looks very homemade.


Highly suitable for some beggar, ancient tribal type, witch doctor, goblin or similar that is trying to stand out. 


This is hat is a very popular part of the crew kit