leather hat pattern help

[stampingdelight]

hello

wantin to make a friend a leather hat yet I am not sure how to break down circumference of there head to be albe to make a pattern, any tips on how one breaks it down into how long & wide to make the pattern? not finding any info here when did search and not seeing anythng online other that how to know your hat size yet nothing on how pattern is made.

[toxo]

2 hours ago, stampingdelight said:

hello

wantin to make a friend a leather hat yet I am not sure how to break down circumference of there head to be albe to make a pattern, any tips on how one breaks it down into how long & wide to make the pattern? not finding any info here when did search and not seeing anythng online other that how to know your hat size yet nothing on how pattern is made.

Without proper tools, what I would do is take a piece of wood or maybe a 2ft ruler and two pieces of wood maybe 5 inches long. Put ruler on top of head on edge, clamp the two short pieces front and back and clamp when they're touching the head. Do one measurement for front to back and another side to side. Measure the circumference of the head with a soft tape measure and draw it on paper making sure the circumference touches the measured front/back and side to side. Add a seam allowance for stitching.

[Bert03241]

make a large wood or cardboard  vernier pretty easy to do

[fredk]

Buy a pattern off etsy or a Tandy pattern. Its all worked out for you 

[Bert03241]

dieselpunk has hat pats

[fredk]

This is one, I bought it, its only cut out as yet

[toxo]

13 hours ago, fredk said:

This is one, I bought it, its only cut out as yet

I made that one Fred.

[fredk]

Nice

So will I once this moves up to the 'I got to really, really, really finish . . . ' pile. At the mo its only in the ' . . .really finish. . .  'pile

[toxo]

48 minutes ago, fredk said:

Nice

So will I once this moves up to the 'I got to really, really, really finish . . . ' pile. At the mo its only in the ' . . .really finish. . .  'pile

Mine's not really really finished either. Was made for someone who reneged on the deal and it doesn't fit me so it's not finished.

[fredk]

Could you not finish it and sell it?

[toxo]

6 hours ago, fredk said:

Could you not finish it and sell it?

How do you work out the size of a hat?

[fredk]

Simple as can be; measure, in cm, around the head. just about 1 to 1.5 cm above the ears and eyebrows. For a small head this will be about 54 to 56 cm, for a medium head about 56 to 57 cm and for a large nut about 58 to 60 cm

Here is a conversion chart to go back to the old hat sizes

https://www.hatsandcaps.co.uk/pages/hat-size-guide

[fredk]

5 hours ago, fredk said:

Simple as can be; measure, in cm, around the head. just about 1 to 1.5 cm above the ears and eyebrows. For a small head this will be about 54 to 56 cm, for a medium head about 56 to 57 cm and for a large nut about 58 to 60 cm

Here is a conversion chart to go back to the old hat sizes

https://www.hatsandcaps.co.uk/pages/hat-size-guide

So for a hat measure round the crown on the inside

[toxo]

12 hours ago, fredk said:

So for a hat measure round the crown on the inside

Thanks Fred. I guess it's not doing any good sitting on the shelf.

[Bert03241]

I've made 3 hats nothing special, but the thing is they use up a lot of leather, there heavy and hot to wear, so no more hats for me LOL

[JWfur]

On 5/3/2024 at 12:43 PM, stampingdelight said:

hello

wantin to make a friend a leather hat yet I am not sure how to break down circumference of there head to be albe to make a pattern, any tips on how one breaks it down into how long & wide to make the pattern? not finding any info here when did search and not seeing anythng online other that how to know your hat size yet nothing on how pattern is made.

Use a cloth tape. Measure the circumference of the head. Then it's just math depending on what type of hat. 3 panel = circumference divided by 3+ your fudge factor or seam allowance etc. That's how we do it with fur hats anyhow.