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!