How to Make a Brimmed Beanie Hat Out of an Old Sweater
Materials:
old sweater
composition notebook
rimmed hat (for measurement)
duct tape
sewing machine and other usual sewing materials
The Brim
1. Using a hat that you have lying around, line up the inside edge of the rim with the edge of a piece of paper, and trace around the curve.
2. Draw a vertical line from the center of the curve, down to the edge of the paper. Then, measure the width of the thinnest point of the rim using a ruler and draw the midpoint on the line.
3. Draw a curve connecting the midpoint to one of the two points where the original curve meets the edge of the paper.
4. Cut along the larger curve to get a half circle shape.
5. Fold the half circle in half along the vertical line, and cut along the second curved line you drew to make sure that both sides are equal. You should end up with a shape that looks like a smile.
6. Next, trace the shape onto an old composition book cover and cut it out.
7. Cover the shape with duct-tape to make the shape stronger.
8. Take out an old sweater, cut off the arm and cut along the seam for a flat shape.
9. Trace two brim shapes onto the sweater, and cut them out about a half-an-inch outside the outline. Make sure you don't cut along the inside curve, just cut a straight line across the two points.
10. Place the two shapes right sides together and pin along the curve
11. Sew along the pin line and turn right-side-out.
12. Insert the brim into the pocket and stretch out the fabric out so that the seam ends up at the bottom half of the brim.
13. Pin along the inner curve, and sew along your pin line.
The Beanie
14. Take out the body part of your old sweater, cut along the seams. You only need one half of the body part of your sweater.
15. Fold the fabric in half, along a vertical axis, so that the right-sides are together and pin.
16. Measure and mark 10 inches from the fold. From the middle of your initial measurement, measure 8 inches up.
17. Sketch out a dome shape connecting the 2 end points of your measurement to your 8 inch measurement.
18. Pin along the outline and then cut out about a half inch around the outline.
19. Sew along the pin line and cut off the excess fabric. Make sure not to cut along the bottom edge, that's the hole that your head goes into!
Attaching the Brim
20. Attach the brim to the beanie by inserting the brim into the beanie so that the bottom of the beanie hem overlaps the inner curve of the brim, and pin together. Make sure that you pin the brim so that the edges of the brim are centered inbetween the seams of the beanie, so that the seams rest on the sides of the hat.
21. Sew together following your pin line, and sew another seam about an inch up to hold the flap down.
22. And that's it! You have a great recycled brimmed beanie hat!
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This is an amazing idea and once I find a sweater I can attack, I'm totally going to do it. And thinking along the lines of hats... I and my video-making-skill-less self have an old pair of khaki pants, and I want to use them to make a conductor-like, newsboyish hat, but lack the proper skills to actually make it without totally destroying.
Can you help me?
I have been try to figure this out for a really long time...THANKS THREADBANGER
Great way to put sweatshops out of business.
Love it! You guys rock.