Monday, 24 February 2020

Another Fur Rimmed Hat


Following on from my last post here is another fur rimmed hat.


Not quite as furry as the last one, this one as a strip of artificial fur sewn onto a basic woollen beanie style cap







Saturday, 15 February 2020

Norseman

This is a nice warm fur-trimmed hat 



It is not quite a full fur hat even though the fur trim forms most of the hat.


Fur-trimmed around a leather skull cap.


I have called it a Norse mans hat but this hat could have been made for any cold climate area.


Sunday, 9 February 2020

Ready for the Weather


As the United Kindom is hit by a very wet stormy day, I've found this set of pictures of someone who looks ready for the weather.


Many so-called cowboy hats are all basically the same shaped hat until the crown is dented, this one has 2 parallel dents and a relatively flat top, this makes cattleman style, at least according to one website.



This isn't a good quality cowboy hat and wouldn't survive the real world, but OK for fancy dress and LRP


Worn alongside a full-length brown waxed coat.



Wednesday, 5 February 2020

Tudor Cap

This simple beige cloth pork pie is the universal Tudor cap


Worn by men and women in the Elizabethan era.




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.