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Things got turned upside down a bit at my house so I ended up reorganizing projects. I started the 1826 hat this week. I've got the buckram form together and am ready to start mulling it. I'm going to mull with muslin to keep it light since it's so big.
The buckram that came in the kit was okay for the crown, but with that huge brim, I needed to cut a double thickness. It's the Timely Tresses Sophia with brim 4 and the straight stovepipe crown. The tip is a circle, but the headsize opening is an oval so it gives an appearance of being a flared crown when you look at it from the front and a tapered crown when you look at it from the side. I very definitely think that brim 4 was an afterthought. It's not even mentioned in the directions, and the hatbox that comes with the kit doesn't fit it by a couple of inches.
I'm debating whether I should take off the tip and recut it so that it truly is a straight-sided crown.
The buckram that came in the kit was okay for the crown, but with that huge brim, I needed to cut a double thickness. It's the Timely Tresses Sophia with brim 4 and the straight stovepipe crown. The tip is a circle, but the headsize opening is an oval so it gives an appearance of being a flared crown when you look at it from the front and a tapered crown when you look at it from the side. I very definitely think that brim 4 was an afterthought. It's not even mentioned in the directions, and the hatbox that comes with the kit doesn't fit it by a couple of inches.
I'm debating whether I should take off the tip and recut it so that it truly is a straight-sided crown.
