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You're right, but the idea is to fit heads sized 56-60cm, not all. Or you think the elastic sweatband wouldn't work on such a wide scale of heads? -
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The questions keep coming... What kind of sponge should I look for, if a store doesn't have a hat sponge? In regards to coconut oil in hatting, is there a specific kind of coconut oil that I should be looking for, or any of them are fine? Because today I almost bought one, but then I saw on... -
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In regards to the 2nd question, I was talking about the edge of the brim, not the sweatband. Sorry for confusing you kind sir! -
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The reason being that you can basically make a 'one size fits all' type of hat. One brand makes some of their hats with a elastic sweatband, and it states that heads sized 56cm to 60cm can wear them. -
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A few more questions... 1) I need opinions on elastic sweatbands... What are the pros and cons in having them? How are they versus leather sweatbands? 2) I'm attaching a picture in regards to this question. What is the purpose of having a ridge like that? Is it a dead giveaway that it has a... -
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I see. Well, I'm thinking of putting a wool felt hat body on the hatblock, and then use a fur felt capeline... What do you think? And ir regards to 'one size bigger'... is it just 1mm bigger? or a particular amount of milimetres? -
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Understood. If you could keep me posted in regards to this, I would greatly appreciate it! -
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That is a very interesting idea... When are you planning to do it more or less, if I may ask? -
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I see... and what about the part with putting a piece of felt on top of the block, before putting the actual capeline that I will be working with? How would you recommend me to control the thickness, so I wouldn't over do it? -
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Understood, but now my question is, how much is one size too small? Is it 1mm, or a specific number of milimetres? -
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Or maybe I could put some sort of layer of glaze on top... What do you think? -
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That's a good idea, I'll just block over some cheaper wool felt and then block my fur felt. I hope it works!! -
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And if the block was made NOT a size up, but the actual size, will that 'feel' alot on the head? -
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TWO QUESTIONS: How do you choose the length of a sweatband? If my head size is 59mm, my guess would be that the sweatband should be abit smaller, isn't it? Has anyone seen a video on how you deconstruct a hats liner? In advance, Thank You! -
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Yes you're right @deadlyhandsome , I didn't point that out. I'm actually looking for a thread on sewing on a sweatband (from buying a sweatband online, to sewing it to the hat). -
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Good day to you all! I cannot seem to find the topic about building a sweatband... Could anyone be so kind as to drop me a link? Thank you in advance! -
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Sourcing Hat Bodies Wool, Straw, Blends?
Hello dear friends, I'm slowly but surely getting into buying the equipment for making my first hat and I was wondering if anyone knows a better source of fur felts? The cheapest I can find for rabbit is around 35$. Maybe someone has some connections in China or something? Please private...
