Faux fur - basket hat

My new favorite hat is the faux fur basket hat (as mentioned in earlier posts: inspired by Juanjo Oliva). I made it this spring - but I have not been able to use it until now. The hat is soft and because I have put strings in it - I can shape it as I wish.

 

Sonja wearing the faux fur basket hat.

 

DIY hat made by faux fur collar

Last winter I bought a couple of faux fur collars to use with my coats. The winter turned out to be milder than usual and I did not get to use the collars as I planned. Then I got the idea that the collars  would be great to use on a hat instead. So this is the result.

I used a Straw boater hat, and I covered it With padding material/fabric. I put padding on the top too, and stiched it together with the padding on the side.






I crocheted a cover and put it over the padding. I stiched the cover to the padding.



Top of crocheted cover.



This is the faux fur collar I used, bought in HM last Winter.

 

I put the collar around the hat and stiched it to the cover/padding. I used a special needle for this; a curved needle.


 

 



Finally I stiched on an edge. I think it's got a 60's vibe to it.

Another multicoloured beanie

When I saw some of the dresses in Elie Saabs ready-to-wear Spring Collection 2015, I knew I just had to try and crochet something in the same colours. This is the result; another multi-coloured beanie hat. And I have a feeling I'll make som more...

Statement jumper DIY

This jumper I have decorated with lace cut-out roses, adding some sparkle by stiching on sequins.

 

 

 

I used a knitted jumper I got from the sales this spring.





I bought black lace with roses which is easy to cut out.

 

Cut out lace roses

I stiched sequins on the lace-roses.

The rose with stiched on sequins.

Blue hat inspired by Acne Studios

Inspired by Acne Studios hat from Ready to wear Fall 2014, I have made a new hat. It is actually a big hat, and it supposed to sit on top of your head, not covering your ears, ut showing them off and your pretty earrings.
I used a lot of time making this hat. I had to make a pattern first, then sewing the pieces toghether trying out how they matched. I ended up with two innerhats (wich I handstiched)  before I made the cover (by sewingmachine).

 

I had to make two innerhats to make it big enough.

 

 

Inside the hat before I stiched on the cover.

 

The cover is stiched on. So far so good. So - what do I do with the edging?

 

 

I ended up with the edging as shown above. I wanted the edges to show like Acnes hat does, but since I have used another material it was not possible to make it exactly like.
The pom-pom is the finishing touch.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Multi colour beanie

Inspired by my new sneaker shoes, I have crocheted a beanie hat. Since it is almost impossible to crochet zebra and tiger patterns - I let the colours inspire me instead, and I love them. They make me happy.

 

I used yarn matching crohet needle no. 3.

Peach basket hat

I have finally got around to finishing this black peach basket hat. It is crocheted in a thinner yarn than the other 3 I made earlier this spring. I thought I would show you how I made them. Maybe you get inspired to making Your own?

I  make a innerhat with fabric or a kind of padding material that is thick enough to hold the shape of the hat.
I crocheted with yarn to match crochet needle number 3.

The brim

The top

 

 

 

When I crochet the cover, I measure it all the time to make sure it suits. I decided to let a little bit of the inside-hat show. I liked the edging in an other colour. So I handstiched the cover to the innerhat on the top - and at the edges. After finishing the hat I am not to sure about the edge. Maybe I should have made it just in black.   I will just have to use it a couple of times and see if I like it.

 

UPDATE Monday 6. October :

 

I  have decided to keep the coloured edge. Love it.

 

 

 

 

Autumn colour: Limegreen

To my suprise suddenly all the craftshops were filled with limegreen yarn! It must have happende in just a couple of weeks. Well, I like it. And I have already made myself a beanie hat - just waiting for the temperatures to fall.

Summer hat DIY

If you want to change your straw summer hat, I have a couple of ideas for you. This first one is by crocheting a cover for the hat.


 


Change the hat completly by
Attaching padding around the crown to make it bigger and to give it another shape.

Crochet a cover
I crocheted a cover for the hat using Cotton yarn in pale blue. Or knit one - if you are good at knitting!

 

 

Change the look by
using different scarfes - or belt? or ? whatever you find in your warderobe.



Feather hat
I crocheted the crown of the hat. The reason why I like crocheting is because for me, it is easier than stiching fabric on it - or knitting. I put a ring of feathers around.

 

I covered the brim with pink fabric.

I had to pin the fabric on first. Afterwards I stiched it.

 

 

 

 

 Finally I had to attach the fabric to the hat - by handstiching the edges.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Feather ring

At first I glued the feathers in between 2silky ribbons . I was afraid that this would not be enough to hold the feathers in Place  - so I hand stiched the feathers to the ring.

 

I put fabric around the Crown to cover the ribbons on the feather ring.

 

 

The result

 

 

 

TIP: These Straw hats I got really cheap in wintertime at a store who sells plants and gardening-stuff (Plantasjen) . I paid about 1 GB pound (10 kr) each for these. I so regret I didn't buy more than 3!

Simple and easy to make fascinators

This is an easy to make fascinator. You don't have feathers? I buy them on ebay.co.uk.

 

You need an Alice-band (you get these in the Craft-shop too) and a big feather. I have used:

Goose & coq feather mount, small goose feathers and stripped coq randomly positioned through Mount.

 

Bend the string/wire of the feather around one side of headband. If you use the same colour on both the headband and the feather the wire will not show.

Finished!

 

On this one I used Large hackle and coq feather mount on wire.