Last time I made a mad hatter top hat I had a thought for a new resist shape.. Since I have a couple of upcoming hat projects I decided to try out my idea on this first experiment. I was going to use white merino for my trial run, but decided to use my scraps batts instead :)
This should be fun! No knowing what will happen with all the crazy colours.. will they go muddy? Or make my heart sing?
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| My 3 wildly colourful batts.. |
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| Mostly red toned batt for the inner layer |
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| Mostly purple toned batt for the 2nd layer |
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| The 3rd and outer layer is the middle batt in the top photo |
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| Turned inside out; rubbing the top of the hat to strengthen and shape it |
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Drying out :)
I added a little weight to the brim to keep it flat |
I LOVE how the colours are looking! It is somewhat taller than I had envisioned though :) Going to have to wait a little while to be finished off properly, I am looking for the perfect (to me) band.. I'll post about it again when I finish off.
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| My old hat on the right shows the height I expected to get :) |
For my new resist I used the same height in between the brim and where I thought the top began.. and just generally tinkered with the shape. Turns out more of the height must of been drawn over to make the wide top than I realised with the old resist. Next step is to make another new resist.. but shorter :) I do love the shape and look of the hat I made.. but it's too tall for a slider, and too similar to others that are already out there!
6 comments:
It's so interesting, isn't it, how one small alteration can make such a big difference in the finished project?!?
Love it! The colours are gorgeous!
Yeah it's quite surprising sometimes Heather.. I didn't expect this I must admit :) x
Thanks Teri x
isn't it also about the on even amount of layers ???
and the direction you laid them ?
I always use 4 (or 6)
Hi Els, absolutely!
Not a factor here though.. I always use 3 layers, laid in the same orientation for hats :) I expect them to shrink more one way than the other and allow for it (I had one monumental disaster where I laid them out the wrong way and had a hat fit for a giant lol - short and wide).
I often go for an even number of layers too for the same reason.. but I like the weight and feel of a 3 layer hat.
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OOh fantabulous hat - a real head statement! The colours are fab- and all from compost!!
Ali x
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