Hats

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Sometime in January I got inspired to crochet hats. I'd done some simple dome-like things, and a couple of Moebius strip earwarmers (plus hundreds of kippot), but nothing that really felt like a hat. As it worked out, I'm averaging about a hat a month. I'm just now getting around to photographing them, thanks to fetteredwolf kindly giving me a spare styrofoam head.

In January I was thinking about silly hats, with odd bits. This is the result.



Originally I'd thought of putting a brim on it, or having little spiraling bits come out of the top of the dealie-bobber, but somehow, it seemed done when I got to this point. It didn't hurt that it got to this point Friday afternoon just before Arisia was going to start...

February had me thinking about top hats, but exaggerated ones. (I think this one looks better on me; the styrofoam head is a bit smaller than mine, and the weight of the hat is such that it's a bit precarious.


I think of this as my Mad Hatter hat. It's flexible, so I can have the top angled sideways, or standing tall as in the second photo.

In March I continued with the top hat idea, this time going for something more straightforward. I have a real top hat, but it's nice enough that I don't want to subject it to the dust of the playa, while this one is washable (theoretically; not that I've managed it yet).


I used the same yarn and idea as February, but a smaller hook, to make it denser and give it more stability. And I used a bit of double crochet in the crown to make it a bit more oval than circular.

In April I realized that I'd better start using up some non-black yarn! I like the flat top hats, and wanted to keep that general shape.


I crocheted longer sides, so I could flip it over and have the ruffle there, rather than at the edge. I think this would be interesting done in a larger crochet hook, for contrast. (I made another one similar to this, but in periwinkle, and the ruffle is a bit narrower. Also, I managed to make it just a tiny bit too small to be comfortable for me to wear (until it expands), which is silly, since I pretty much have my head with me at all times for fittings :-).

I'd made a choker using old camera film (the holes are perfect for crocheting through), and thought it would be fun to have a matching hat. I'd originally thought it would also be a flat-topped hat, rather like the top hat, but using less fuzzy yarn, and film for part of the sides (but not all, so it would breathe and be able to fit more easily). However, once I started, it ended up more as a cap, which meant only one piece of film, rather than three or four.


This one turned out least like I'd imagined, and it was a bit of a nuisance to do (two different sizes of crochet hooks, a variety of stitches, and the film wanting to curl up again. I'm debating finding more yarn to make something more like what I'd imagined (I don't have enough of this black for a more involved hat).

PS. If anyone has old film they'd like to get rid of, I can use it.

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It's way warm; it would've been hard to not overheat with the lights of the stage.