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Judith Proctor ([personal profile] watervole) wrote2016-03-13 03:47 pm

Hat bands

 I've been crafting in my spare time.

Making hat bands for morris hats is a nice way of having small projects for me to try out techniques.

Here's the crochet hat band (worn by me):



And the tablet woven hat band (modelled by my husband, Richard, who isn't actually a morris man, but really looks the part):




I may post more about tablet weaving. It's an interesting technique and needs very little in the way of equipment.  Namely: a pack of playing cards, scissors, a ruler and a hole punch, plus yarn.  A strong belt, a shuttle  and a small clamp are handy, but not essential.
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[personal profile] vilakins 2016-03-14 08:50 am (UTC)(link)
Crochet I know about, but I'd be very interested in the tablet weaving. The result looks wonderful. [uses only craft icon]

And yes, Richard looks very like a morris man.
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[personal profile] vilakins 2016-03-15 09:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Excellent! I fancy weaving but don't really have the room for unwieldy looms.