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You Can Keep Your Hat On​
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This course will show how a hat is created from nothing more than unspun wool, some pieces of silk and a wet-felting technique. We will be looking at different styles of headwear and creating our own basic patterns which can be used for future hats. You will go home with a finished hat. 

Skills/Techniques Covered
  • Learn how to make a hat pattern of your own style and measurement.
  • Learn how to make three dimensional felt
  • Use a Nuno technique to add interest and colour
  • Create interesting features with sewing bits on
  • How to finish a hat and make it ready to wear

Level
A course for a range of abilities including beginners with a little experience

Materials
Materials are not included in your course fee. All materials will be provided by the tutor. The approximate cost of these will be £30, payable to the tutor during the course.

​Your tutor may not have the facilities to take card payments for materials in the workshops. Please remember to bring cash or your cheque book 

Please Bring With You
  • Notebook/sketchpad and pen/pencil
  • Camera or smartphone
  • Hat ideas
  • Used packaging material for stuffing inside hat to take home
  • Waterproof bag for taking hat home in
  • Glass headed pins, needle and thread (any colour)

​We advise that you do not buy any materials required for a course more than two weeks in advance, because occasionally a course is cancelled due to low enrolment.​
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The Old School
School Road
Ardington
Oxfordshire
OX12 8PN
​UK
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