Call yourself lucky when you have hair long enough to make a pony tail or do something else with it. But what if your hair doesn't only take the day off, but goes on vacation for a long time - completely...? A dear friend of mine is going to have brain surgery next week - so the hair will have to shaved off. What a cruel thing for a woman to think about. I remember as a child in kindergarten I had to cut my hair very, very short - because I had to be treated for some kind of skin problem - I looked like a boy and felt horrible. But I was a kid - and I quickly didn't care anymore. But as an adult? Hair is such an important part of being a woman, isn't it?
So, when my friend told me the news I wanted to do something to make her feel better about what she will look like after surgery - so I offered to make her a hat. Fortunately, she is as strong-willed as me, therefor her had is as big as mine (I always have problems finding hats that fit) - which makes it much easier sewing a hat for her. She decided on a newsboy hat with brim. So I made a pattern from a hat I bought in a little woolen mill in Wales and started on a prototype. With lining and everything. The prototype being a little wide I added some elastic to her had - and I have to say I'm very pleased (my model Eeyore doesn't seem to be though ;o)
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| The finished hat for my friend. |
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| Eeyore modeling the prototype - I think, he doesn't like the pink... |
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| ...no, it's not the pink. Maybe he's just not the hat type? |
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| The flowers are pins you can take off. The right pin is repeating the fabric of the lining. |
