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First things first: I knit myself a beret, using the same pattern that I've knit multiple times for friends. Instead of the Elann Peruvian Wool, which I used for all previous incarnations, I used Cascade 220 Tweed. I wanted a tweedy beret. I got a tweedy beret, but . . . just look.
( The horror )
I think we can all agree that this is not a good look. It's so lame that it causes my face to spasm whenever I put it on my head. The beret goes to the frog pond, and will ultimately become fliptop gloves/convertible mittens. When I get around to knitting the beret again, it will be in a solid worsted weight wool.
SEGUE!
True to my word, I decided to start the hat for my Natural Form outfit before anything else. Why? Because I freaking love millinery.
I wasn't sure what sort of hat I wanted to make. Most of the ones I was seeing were these ridiculous sugarloaf-shaped things. If I wanted ridiculous sugarloaf, I'd stick with Elizabethan, thanks.
Then I found something I thought was incredibly cute on Demode. It's the second picture under 1878. It's right in the period that dress is dated to, so win-win. The model and I even have very similar profiles. (That's right, guys, I have the face of a Victorian fashion plate: weak chin, little nose, and round cheeks. Go, me!) I like it so much that I'm thinking about cutting curly bangs for the Pabst Mansion trip. I think I'll get over that, though.
So, I went ahead and mocked up the hat using a grocery bag, tape, a pencil, and scissors. It was surprisingly easy, which makes me feel that perhaps something will go wrong later on down the road.
( On to the pictures )
( The resultant pattern ) If anybody would like to use this to make their own hat, feel free. Just resize the photo until the square is one inch square, using a projector or photocopier. The shaded areas are the bits that overlap in the back.
If anybody would like, I can document the "draping" process I went through changing a grocery bag into a hat pattern. Tutorials are fun, right? And I happen to love posting ridiculous photos on myself on the Internet. As evidence by just about everything I've ever done.
( The horror )I think we can all agree that this is not a good look. It's so lame that it causes my face to spasm whenever I put it on my head. The beret goes to the frog pond, and will ultimately become fliptop gloves/convertible mittens. When I get around to knitting the beret again, it will be in a solid worsted weight wool.
SEGUE!
True to my word, I decided to start the hat for my Natural Form outfit before anything else. Why? Because I freaking love millinery.
I wasn't sure what sort of hat I wanted to make. Most of the ones I was seeing were these ridiculous sugarloaf-shaped things. If I wanted ridiculous sugarloaf, I'd stick with Elizabethan, thanks.
Then I found something I thought was incredibly cute on Demode. It's the second picture under 1878. It's right in the period that dress is dated to, so win-win. The model and I even have very similar profiles. (That's right, guys, I have the face of a Victorian fashion plate: weak chin, little nose, and round cheeks. Go, me!) I like it so much that I'm thinking about cutting curly bangs for the Pabst Mansion trip. I think I'll get over that, though.
So, I went ahead and mocked up the hat using a grocery bag, tape, a pencil, and scissors. It was surprisingly easy, which makes me feel that perhaps something will go wrong later on down the road.
( On to the pictures )( The resultant pattern ) If anybody would like to use this to make their own hat, feel free. Just resize the photo until the square is one inch square, using a projector or photocopier. The shaded areas are the bits that overlap in the back.If anybody would like, I can document the "draping" process I went through changing a grocery bag into a hat pattern. Tutorials are fun, right? And I happen to love posting ridiculous photos on myself on the Internet. As evidence by just about everything I've ever done.
