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I have been researching better ways to put together tutorials on making hats… The ones that I like the best are on the Instructables website… Here are two I found on hats.

A girl pirate hat – I think this is quite a good design and the way the instructions are set out it would make it easy to make Girl Pirate Hat .

A brimmed beanie – this is a simple hat that could be worn by males or females. How To Make a Brimmed Beenie.

I will have to work a bit to make my instructions as easy to read as these. I have just found my camera cord (which had been packed away in some obscure box) so will download the photos for the rest of my cocktail base hat in the next few days.

• You may wish to mark the shape into quarters – centre front to centre back and side to side.
• The elastic may be used to assist in marking a straight line around the block.
• If the design is not easy to mark freehand, use paper to draw the pattern first and transfer to 20/20. Keep the paper pattern to assist with the lining for the shape.
• Can create a small shape or a large one.
• There may be enough room for more than one cocktail shape from the mould.

Step 3: Cut out shape. You can cut any shape you desire, however, note that sharp points can be quite hard to cover.