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Too funny!
Shillelagh wrote: But, I do like the idea of Christmas shopping in my shorts and flip-flops. (grin) Shelagh It's da bomb, sistah girl! Tracey |
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Too funny!
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wrote: No!!!! That is almost the right shape for a back country hat! You just never tried putting a *cold* nylon parka hood on a bald head! The long back protects the neck and keeps warm air from escaping out of your parka. The hot color helps keep you warm, or at least helps you find it in the cold, gray dawn. The only thing is that they need strings to tie under the chin so they do not fall off when you are skiing. And, it needs a little bill across the brow. I'm still working on how to knit a good bill. The bill needs to be soft enough to roll up and put in your pocket, but stiff enough to keep the snow out of your eyes. The Renaissance hat brims were double layered and thickly fulled, almost but not quite felted. They were usually knitted in place, but they could be made separately and sewn on. Often they were two separate "bills", which overlapped at the ends. =Tamar |
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Too funny!
You haven't seen roaches until you've lived in Texas! Mine rearrange the
furniture at night! "Shillelagh" wrote in message : I could go for that since I live in Manitoba and summer is around 2 months : long. ;( However, I saw some pretty huge cockroaches while vacationing on : Maui a few years ago. I guess it doesn't matter where you live, there is : always something to contend with. |
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Too funny!
On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 03:58:35 GMT, Mystified One spun a fine yarn
You haven't seen roaches until you've lived in Texas! Mine rearrange the furniture at night! OMGosh, YES, I remember that about Texas, and even the HOSPITALS have them! Noreen -- I am not young enough to know everything. http://www.lulu.com/content/292418 - - - - - --- avast! AV: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 0631-0, 07/31/2006 Tested: 7/31/2006 11:08:56 PM avast! - (c) 1988-2006 http://www.avast.com |
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Too funny!
"Mystified One" wrote in message ... You haven't seen roaches until you've lived in Texas! Mine rearrange the furniture at night! OMG, pardon me while I gag......... the ones on Maui made my skin crawl. Shelagh "Shillelagh" wrote in message : I could go for that since I live in Manitoba and summer is around 2 months : long. ;( However, I saw some pretty huge cockroaches while vacationing on : Maui a few years ago. I guess it doesn't matter where you live, there is : always something to contend with. |
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Too funny!
Yes! Yes! Now if you have a pattern for such hats?
I made some prototypes. My lack of know-how resulted in catastrophic hat failure. I think those guys that made Renaissance hat brims had some practice. Those old guys were knew their materials! Improvements for next prototype include: 1) to knit more tightly; &, 2) to knit two layers and cheat by machine stitching them together. : ) Aaron "Richard Eney" wrote in message ... In article , wrote: No!!!! That is almost the right shape for a back country hat! You just never tried putting a *cold* nylon parka hood on a bald head! The long back protects the neck and keeps warm air from escaping out of your parka. The hot color helps keep you warm, or at least helps you find it in the cold, gray dawn. The only thing is that they need strings to tie under the chin so they do not fall off when you are skiing. And, it needs a little bill across the brow. I'm still working on how to knit a good bill. The bill needs to be soft enough to roll up and put in your pocket, but stiff enough to keep the snow out of your eyes. The Renaissance hat brims were double layered and thickly fulled, almost but not quite felted. They were usually knitted in place, but they could be made separately and sewn on. Often they were two separate "bills", which overlapped at the ends. =Tamar |
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Too funny!
In article ,
wrote: The Renaissance hat brims were double layered and thickly fulled, almost but not quite felted. They were usually knitted in place, but they could be made separately and sewn on. Often they were two separate "bills", which overlapped at the ends. Yes! Yes! Now if you have a pattern for such hats? I made some prototypes. My lack of know-how resulted in catastrophic hat failure. I think those guys that made Renaissance hat brims had some practice. Those old guys were knew their materials! Improvements for next prototype include: 1) to knit more tightly; &, 2) to knit two layers and cheat by machine stitching them together. : ) IIRC one of the ones in the NY Metropolitan Museum has a layer of felt between the two knitted layers, which are hitched together with a three-needle bindoff. They used all methods, as far as I know: cast on at the outer edge and knit inward with decreases to shape, cast on at the inner edge and make increases outward to shape, pick up stitches for the second layer or knit separately and sew together. Patterns: look for tam-o-shanter hats, or Scottish berets, for the flat circles. Modern ones have a simple edge rather than a brim, but the old ones had another partial layer of flat circle, so the underside of the beret might give you the method. I don't have a pattern handy, but I don't know what size you're making anyway. The brim would have to be knitted to fit. If a beret pattern doesn't help, since it is essentially part of a circle, maybe a round doily or pi-shawl pattern would give you the rate of increase. For the width of a fairly narrow hatbrim, I vaguely recall only one or two increases. For a longer bill, you may want to leave a slot to insert a lengthwise plastic stick like the old collar stiffeners; the hat will still roll sideways around the stick. =Tamar |
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Too funny!
Mystified One wrote:
You haven't seen roaches until you've lived in Texas! Mine rearrange the furniture at night! Eeewwww!!! Higs, Katherine |
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