Hat of the Week: Last Hat of 2007 (#175)
11 February 2008 at 4:08 pm | In Art-to-wear, Craftsmen--Fiber, Embroidery, Fashion, Felt Hat, Fine Craft, Handmade, Knitting, hat of the week | 2 CommentsTags: Carrie Cahill Mulligan, design, flower, freehand, french knots, New York, NY, pink, ribbon, spiral
(Drumroll, please…) Here it is! The final hat (#175) in my 2007 Collection.
Finished with custom, freehand embroidery last night, and sent in today’s mail, this pink-on-pink beauty is now heading to Christine S. of New York City.
I sure hope this warm felt hat gets to Chris in time for Valentine’s Day. We’ve had some cold, snowy weather here in the Northeast, lately…
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I strive to create highly functional, exquisitely handcrafted art-to-wear Heirloom Handknit Hats.
Winter is wonderful... but not if you are cold. That's where a lovely, warm hat fits in!
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Next, it is shrunk into a thick, durable felt in the washing machine, which is then shaped by hand and air-dried.
Finally, each hat is lined with a silky ribbon to keep it's shape and provide lasting comfort. Many are finished with freehand embroidery, as unique as the wearer.
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Carrie, I LOOOVE the ribbon work! Exquisite! See, I knew my hat stayed plain for a reason. Because it was waiting for you to start “ribboning”! I might have to send you my hat from Alaska for some dressing up one of these days. But it sounds like you have your hands full down there! Your website is beautiful. It’s really evolved nicely. We just celebrated Marisa’s 50th over the last two weeks. It was a lot of fun. Greetings to Andy-man. We miss you guys! Wrangell and Shadow and Gypsy say hi.
-Laris
Comment by otterdog — 11 March 2008 #
Thanks so much, Larissa! The ribbon embroidery has been supremely gratifying… same technique, but fancier results.
Certainly send your hat for “tattooing” when the weather warms up… Maybe during those 3 weeks in July when you won’t need it quite so much?
Give Marisa our best, and James, and scratch those dawgs on the belly for us… we really miss you guys!
Comment by ccmhats — 20 March 2008 #