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How do I make a starfish hat?
I am trying to make a new hat but after a few trial and error (and
curses) I am in great need of help to interpret how this hat could have
been made.
By the look of it, it seems like the "arms" are sewn in one piece, so I 1) tried to cut out a circle and cut out the "arms"
and then fold them. But it seems to be a bit luxurious use of fabric so i
tried instead to 2) draw diagonal arms on a square fabric and then
tried to fold them into a round hat.
- 1 was the best result, but it do seems odd that they would have use a such large pieace of fabric.
- 2 was much more efficient, but it was a lot "extra" fabric that made
the hat unnecessary thick.
... So I tried a third way 3) cutting long stripes and then just fold them.
All three methods end up in my next problem: when folding the "arms" as
they seem to look at the picture into a round shape, then the "arms"
will be a bit floppy and didn´t end up looking at all as the picture.
Have someone done this type of hat before or does someone have an
idea about how the pattern should look like?
curses) I am in great need of help to interpret how this hat could have
been made.
By the look of it, it seems like the "arms" are sewn in one piece, so I 1) tried to cut out a circle and cut out the "arms"
and then fold them. But it seems to be a bit luxurious use of fabric so i
tried instead to 2) draw diagonal arms on a square fabric and then
tried to fold them into a round hat.
- 1 was the best result, but it do seems odd that they would have use a such large pieace of fabric.
- 2 was much more efficient, but it was a lot "extra" fabric that made
the hat unnecessary thick.
... So I tried a third way 3) cutting long stripes and then just fold them.
All three methods end up in my next problem: when folding the "arms" as
they seem to look at the picture into a round shape, then the "arms"
will be a bit floppy and didn´t end up looking at all as the picture.
Have someone done this type of hat before or does someone have an
idea about how the pattern should look like?
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Replies to This Discussion
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Permalink Reply by Robin Schlyter on -
How thick and rubust is the cloth you are using? You might get a better result by using something thicker and stronger to avoid the floppy-effect.
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Permalink Reply by Whilja on -
I´m using wool. The biggest problem is how I should fold the "arms" so it looks like the picture?
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Permalink Reply by Robin Schlyter on
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Well they look like they are rather flat. Add more puff under the "arms" to fix them in place?
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Permalink Reply by Robin Schlyter on
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How do you attach them to the top of the hat?
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Permalink Reply by Whilja on
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I ´ve got an idea today of making it cylindrical:
- Slice a square piace of the fabric (leave a couple of cm in the ends)
- sew it to a cylinder
- add some puff
- flatten it - then twist it a couple of centimeters to make it look like the pic.
hmm... I test it today and see if it could be the solution...
(I will probably just sew something onto the top to cover, havn´t thought about it yet =)
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Permalink Reply by Robin Schlyter on
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Your idea should do the trick. I might be stating the obvious but make sure the "arms" are pressing against the puff so they can't flop around.
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Permalink Reply by Whilja on
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If I made the squere piece diagonal, then it worked!
I post a pic and description when hat is finished.
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Permalink Reply by Uadahlrich on -
Did your new hat come out like you planned?
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Permalink Reply by Kapten on -
Exactly, use thicker wool. Many modern hats are made of wool, and they are very stiff. It all depends on how dense and heavy your cloth is.
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Permalink Reply by Zorg Brixentaler on -
I am attempting a hat in which I had similar issues. I too am using wool, which caused floppiness. I used small rectangles of buckrum in the center of my arms where I wanted the fold to have body/be stiffer with more shape. I constructed mine, which is not the same hat, with strips. I attached the strips at and angle to one another with also helped with the floppy problem.
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Permalink Reply by Tom McKinnell on -
When I made them, I did it with some string, chalk, and a big ruler- I drew a circle, then drew in 6 arms, not quite meeting each other at the circumference of the circle. I found arm length worked best about 1.5x the radius of my circle beyond the circumference. It is quite a luxurious use of cloth, but I used the offcuts to stuff the 'ring', so they weren't entirely wasted. Is this right? I don't know. But I got a very similar set of explanations to you! :)
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