Hats, hats, hats

It took a bit of effort to get all the materials back out without Susy here. I couldn't justify using our living space either, when I have such a fine workshop. But it was easier to spread out over three tables when Susy and I were working together. It's almost as if my workroom is only good for storage as I hardly work there lately.




Indigo blue is Susy's current favorite color and she was dying to cut into the sweater that came closest to that. She made a headband for one thing and a mohawk for a tomato red hat for another. I used it for a sort of cloche, shown here. I love a bit of lime green with so many other colors.


This all white hat feels like a sleeping cap. It's long and drapey and ultra soft. I added some sparkles to make it like a wintry day with sun on the snow.


Joyce was a really good sport to do some modeling with me. She didn't need any help deciding how to wear this almost military shape.
I sewed shiny beads on the snake character between buttons from a child's sweater.
Really this is my favorite of all because of the densely soft, matted heather green panel with attached saffron mini prayer rug.
For our local library's fund raising silent auction, I fashioned these two Wayne Maine hats, male and female. We'll see if there are any bidders.

Cashmere Workshop

Susy Pilgrim-Waters came to visit and we had a massive cashmere workshop. I brought out my stash of Goodwill cashmere sweaters and we had at it. For close to twenty hours we cut and sewed and folded and rolled. It's amazing how much more productive and creative two women are together than alone. At least that's true for me; Susy is productive every day. This isn't the end of it. We still need to put finishing touches on the hats (three for me and nine for her) and clearly this was just Part One of a series.

Cashmere Hat #3

Hat got fiddled with quite a bit. I still am considering sewing chartreuse Xs across the fold, but dunno. T says it looks good the way it is. Any opinions out there?

Cashmere Hat #2

Still recycling those sweaters, including Larry's. T says this one looks like a runner's cap which means it's just right for me on those fall days in Maine. I like the way I can turn it to have any of four colors facing front, or a split of two.

Cashmere Hat #1

It's even sewed together with 100% cashmere yarn. Those little patches are the softest, thinnest pieces of suede imaginable, like glove leather. The body of the hat used to be my friend Larry's Burberry crewneck sweater. When he moved to Hawaii, Ethan inherited the sweater. After Ethan, it began new lives first as a bunny mifflette, then a Buddha soft sculpture and now a hat. There are still some pieces left for a future project. Thanks, Larry!

Sewing When it Rains (it rains a lot)

This poor guy is missing his bottom thingamajiggie/lobe (Help! Lisa?) but seems to be managing just fine amongst the scilla of some sort.

Mifflette-with-a-heart is off on a healing purpose, to TX, I think.

My mesh yoga mat bag fell apart. I was inspired to make a new one from this beautiful embroidered upholstery fabric remnant, given to me some years back by a Manhattan seamstress. I matched up the major flower with a pocket and that is what you see facing out.