I spent Saturday afternoon making another hat.
It’s not finished yet – it needs a good steam pressing, a lining, and then a bit of trim.
I’ve cut out the pieces to make another one the same – except I’ll use a different interfacing and see what the difference is in the finished hat. This one’s interfaced with horsehair canvas, which shapes well, but is a bit floppy. And in combination with the tweed, makes the Shed smell like a damp farmyard when I steam it.
Speaking of which… I managed to explode yet another iron. There was a sort of a sproingy sound, and shortly afterwards the iron was cold. Oops. Paul kindly took me on an emergency trip to Asda, where I bought a new iron for the princely sum of £4. I never buy an expensive iron for sewing, on the grounds that domestic irons aren’t designed to be switched on and abused for eight hours at a time, so they’re going to break sooner rather than later. I never use the steam function (I prefer to generate steam by wetting the fabric and the ironing board), and I need something as small and light as possible because of my bad wrist. So, the cheapest iron in the shop wins the day.
I like this hat very much.
The only thing I’m not sure about is the placement of the pleat at the back. I think I’ve put it too close to the centre back seam, so it looks a bit like a mistake. I might move it a bit further round to the side on the next one.
I do love my sewing machine though. (A Pfaff 2024.) It chomped its way right through five layers of folded tweed and canvas as though it was nothing. Brilliant.
