AussieFeltmakers : Message: felting hats with children

Hi everyone, I am currently working with a class of 30 eight-year olds, making hats. It has taken us three weeks now to lay out the fleece, and get it to a stage where it can be felted without too many enormous holes in it :) I have been drying out the hats in between our sessions and needlefelting any repairs that need to be made. My problem now is - how to shape them? I am used to using a bowl for shaping hats. A hat block is ideal I know. But with 30 children ... well lets say the selection of bowls that came in weren't going to make great looking hats. Do you think it will be possible just to shape them with hands? That is what I am going for at this stage: brimless hats .... at worst they make wonderful bags!! I would appreciate any ideas on how to continue from here. Buying a class set of hat blocks isn't in the budget!

cheers, Jennifer

p.s. My website is moving to a new address. You can find me at www.lavendillyfibrearts.com except the site is new and has no products in it yet :)

All depends upon when I get these hats finished!!

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Hi everyone, I am currently working with a class of 30 eight-year olds, making hats. It has taken us three weeks now to lay out the fleece, and get it to a...

lavendillyhouse

Jun 9, 2009
2:11 am

Hello Jennifer Not sure if this would work for you but you can make hats over balls. Small beach balls work well. They can be set in a bowl to keep them...

Pat & Ken MIller
crafters3

Jun 9, 2009
2:23 am

oh my goodness - can you imagine! 30 eight-year olds with wet soapy balls! The temptation would be too strong for them . Yes...I had thought of working with...

lavendillyhouse

Jun 9, 2009
2:47 am

Hi I have recently made a hat over a bowl and when it had reduced down to the required circumference size I shaped it directly on my head (this is after the...

Joan
nature.flow

Jun 10, 2009
12:01 am

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