Finishing off a Wet Felted Hat

This video demonstrates how I finish off one of my wet felted hats. It's pretty simple to finish off your creation with a few inexpensive items. The possibilities are endless. Here are a few ideas that You can incorporate into your finished hat.

[@LorrayneHam]

Your hats are lovely.. thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@joglover4341]

This thorough coverage of the proper felted hat making process gives one a healthy respect for the procedure. Look at that hat! Look at Brigitta’s arms!

[@theKluck]

Thanks for the video. Very helpful and informative! Well done.

[@bodyofknowledge101]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@louisarull2275]

Thank you very much. I have now watched all 3 videos of your hat making process and like all of them. Beautiful job!

[@teresaholland4790]

Your work is beautiful thanks for sharing your job

[@bodyofknowledge101]

You are so welcome.

[@niclewis9731]

Best tutorial I have seen , love the way you teach x Lots of love from New Zealand

[@nombulelomaphanga3548]

Amazing - thank you I watched all three videos. This hat making craft is new to me and you have managed to answer the question in my mind as to how do they get the felt properly sized up and ready to shape.

[@isabelladavis1363]

Thanks so much for this series..what a pleasure to see an artist who takes such pride in their work...

[@joesask857]

NICE

[@VintageVineMillinery]

Well done. Loved the knowledge. Thank you

[@MadRushMusic]

Lovely work and hats. Thank you ☺

[@crookedhorizon]

Thank you for these videos very informative and helpful

[@eugeniosolari]

Thanks for sharing, beautiful woman, beautiful hat

[@isaiturralde]

I had recently new this Web and loved, thank you very much for your lessons!,,

[@bodyofknowledge101]

Thanks. I'm always happy when someone enjoys enough to provide feedback.

[@lauraromains4037]

Thank you!

[@elisabethlitlehamar6467]

I enjoy your videos so much! Just love your way you explain, your becoming nature. Hope that's how it is said in english. Best regards from Norway 💐🌿🌞

[@bodyofknowledge101]

Thank you so much for your kind words. Needed at this time when I'm feeling low.

[@elisabethlitlehamar6467]

@@bodyofknowledge101 you are so very welcome🌷❤🌷 You have no idea how you have inspired us! We are making hats, collars, shoulder bags, balls for needles that I glue and screw into a wooden foot with added holes for big needles. We have gone a bit crazy in love with wool. After all we have sheep so it was about time! Felted wool is really handsome with handmade buttons from deer antlers- the most wonderful colours!

[@bodyofknowledge101]

@@elisabethlitlehamar6467 I'm glad to have inspired you. Sounds like you are going above and beyond with your creativity.

[@elisabethlitlehamar6467]

Well,we have a farmshop with our own products, so we put two heads together and come up with new ideas within our woodworkshop, herbal ointments, traditional baking, fruits and berries..and now wool products👍which I just love the whole process with,getting the feel for its unique properties! You have been such a great help! Thank you ever so much. Wish I could send you pictures. Maybe I can try messenger.

[@arlenetoth608]

The design of your had looks great. With regard to your calculations, from what I have read about making hats, the 1.4 is 40% to calculate the shrinkage rate. The shrinkage rate is calculated by creating a square sample and fulling it down. I don't have the exact formula, (can probably google it) but you divide the shrunk size by the original size and multiply it by another number to get the shrinkage rate. It can be anything from 10 to 40% depending on the wool and how many layers you are using for the hat. Most patterns add 40% to the head size for the hood. I did that with a Beret, but it was quite big for me and I ended up with a very hard felt (for a beret) by the time I got it the right size. I shall use a smaller form next time. Sometimes it is trial and error, and I have been recommended to make a sample for every new type of wool I use. Probably worth trying so as not to waste wool when making a hat and it goes wrong. I love watching other people make things and is how I have been learning. Thanks for the video. :)

[@bodyofknowledge101]

Thanks for all the fabulous information. Yes, trial and error, test sample before hand, learn by watching other people experimenting and trying myself is my process.

[@djwright9182]

Thank u.!🌹🌺😉😇😇🤗🤗🤗

[@bodyofknowledge101]

You are welcome. Just a few ideas on what I've been playing with. With easy to find, inexpensive additions. Have fun.

[@wendymurray8594]

Hi, and thanks for showing your craft. Can the offcuts be re shredded and re used do you know? Thanks again for your very helpful and inspirational videos.

[@bodyofknowledge101]

I've never tried to take apart the cut off & reuse fibre. I think it would be difficult but I encourage you experiment. What I do is collect the scraps (from many hats - maybe a dozen ) and stitch them together to make mats. Nothing really gets wasted.

[@AshNight1214]

Thank you for this tutorial series! Quick question: is there a way to make the final result less fuzzy? I want to make a hat but I'd like the end result to be a little cleaner.

[@bodyofknowledge101]

It partially depends on the type of wool that you use and how tight you felt it. You can also take a sharp razor and shave any fuzz from the surface. I believe professional milliners have a tool or technique to remove this fluff.

[@isabelladavis1363]

Are you still using the basic hat pattern you showed us on utube. Excellent series

[@bodyofknowledge101]

Yes I am. I added length to my pattern to accommodate hats with brims. The mat I used is holding out fine. I don't think it will deteriorate any time soon. For different sized heads/blocks, I create a new template. Or if I have an odd shaped block, I experiment with the pattern shape. For example: the beret pattern is just a circle.You can make it as big or small as you like.

[@chabeyline]

I am your new fan. Thank you for sharing. I love your work. What do you do with the scraps of felt from the hat cuttings?

[@bodyofknowledge101]

Super. I'm glad you enjoyed that. You are welcome. Sharing & learning go together. The scaps.....oh the scraps. Great question. They are too good to throw away. I save them up and up and up. When I have enough.....it takes a lot. Maybe 15 cut off ends...I place them together, rearrange them a few dozen times and then stitch them together to make a mat. I've made around 4 of them so far. I made a video called Walk All Over Me, that shows how I did it, if you want to have an overview.

[@bodyofknowledge101]

Sorry for the long wait for a reply. I save the scraps and then stich them together to make a small mat. I did a short video on that also.

[@Justme-Diana]

Is there any use for the parts that you trim off? Or is it just tossed?

[@bodyofknowledge101]

Yes ! I have made quite a few mats by piecing the scraps together. I have a video on that as well called "Walk all over me" . It takes quite a bit of time to get enough scraps together and to piece them together in a pleasing fashion.

[@craighard2746]

Where are you buying your block from. Loving your videos

[@bodyofknowledge101]

Hi Craig. Roger and I got our wood from the beach. We picked out tight grain cedar and Roger made the blocks to size.

[@craighard2746]

@@bodyofknowledge101 thank you so much for your reply, beautiful job Roger.

[@Moonlight-kp7lu]

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[@sabilosen3134]

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[@bodyofknowledge101]

Thanks for the !!! I think. I wish I understood your language. But I guess the thumbs up is from you.

[@lisajarvis3820]

Could your husband please make me a wooden form to my size of the design you are working on in this video ~ medium ~ and send to the 🇬🇧 ~ if so how much in pounds sterling would it cost me, would also like the cowboy hat form in same size ~ both with there stands!? Would be eternally great full!!

[@erinbathie-moore8478]

It's a shame you didn't keep the excess you cut off... You could have trimmed the edges so they are straight, and then attached it, red side out, around the hat for the band. Then you're not wasting materials and are using the inner red (which is really pretty) as an accent to the outside grey

[@bodyofknowledge101]

That's a great idea. But rest assured, I don't waste much. I save all the trimmings and create something else.....After I've collected 30 or so scraps, I piece them together in an interesting design. I try to refrain from cutting them at all. Then stitch them together to make a mat. So far I've made around 4 beautiful bath mats. That's a lot of scraps. I've made a short video called something like "Walk all over me" that shows what I do.