{"id":935,"date":"2016-07-19T10:00:32","date_gmt":"2016-07-19T09:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\/knit\/?p=935"},"modified":"2017-12-16T13:03:00","modified_gmt":"2017-12-16T12:03:00","slug":"hats-that-also-dont-fit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\/knit\/hats-that-also-dont-fit\/","title":{"rendered":"Father&#8217;s Day Hat&#8230;. that also didn&#8217;t fit!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was struggling for something to get my Dad for Father&#8217;s Day last month &#8211; I&#8217;d asked him if there was anything he was particularly wanting, and was told &#8220;surprise me&#8221;&#8230;. not all that helpful!<\/p>\n<p>I knew he&#8217;d been\u00a0unable to find a decent summer hat in the shops, and I&#8217;d spotted a pattern on <a href=\"http:\/\/mellysews.com\/2014\/05\/sew-hat.html\" target=\"_blank\">Melly Sews<\/a>, which I thought would work perfectly. To start with, I made a pattern for a hat that would fit a teddy bear, and that came out pretty well:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_939\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-939\" class=\"wp-image-939 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\/knit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/black-hat1.jpg\" alt=\"black-hat1\" width=\"500\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\/knit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/black-hat1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\/knit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/black-hat1-300x241.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-939\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(it does fit the bear it was intended for, but this bear is more photogenic&#8230;. it just has a larger head!)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I made a pattern from newspaper, bought the\u00a0outer and lining fabric, and started pinning it together. After sewing the crown to the main front of the hat, I asked Dad to try it on&#8230;. and of course it was too small.\u00a0However, it did fit me! So as I couldn&#8217;t make the hat any larger\u00a0without starting from scratch, I decided to stick with the hat and make it for myself instead. I was almost ready to attach the brim when another relative asked to see it, and suggested that the main\u00a0part of the hat was too tall.\u00a0Cutting\u00a0that down by a couple of inches, I pinned the brim to the hat and it still fitted me.<\/p>\n<p>Buoyed on by my apparent success, I then machine stitched the brim to the hat, and guess what? Yeah, you guessed it &#8211; the hat&#8217;s now too small (ironically, it&#8217;s not tall enough over my ears now). I tried hard to stick to a really narrow seam allowance and it\u00a0was pretty even all the way around. All I can think is that the original measuring is out a bit and maybe also the cutting.<\/p>\n<p>I will try another hat for Dad\u00a0before the end of the summer, but I think I will try a polycotton version first, rather than just diving in with the decent fabric next time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was struggling for something to get my Dad for Father&#8217;s Day last month &#8211; I&#8217;d asked him if there was anything he was particularly wanting, and was told &#8220;surprise me&#8221;&#8230;. not all that helpful! 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