hi fedi!

[marsiposa@social.coop]

@wffl have you seen the store of @lhaulde?
There are some nice witch hats there.
https://lhaulde.com/produit/f-524/

[eliskunk@queer.group]

@wffl maybe @ronja could help?

[adhemara@mastodon.art]

@wffl maybe @lhaulde ?

[jepyang@wandering.shop]

@wffl i have made a couple nice ones with a wet-felting process. it’s not something i want to take commissions for, but if you’re leaning toward DIY i am more than happy to infodump about the process in as much or as little detail as you’d like. it’s not particularly difficult or expensive but it is a bit time-consuming and physically demanding. and your first hat or two will probably come out a little bit…”rustic” aesthetically, so if “nice” means “perfect-looking” you maybe want to buy one.

[jackmexa4@mastodon.social]

@wffl

You don’t acquire it, you earn it!

[mimesatwork@wandering.shop]

@wffl I'd recommend felting, or at least working with felt-fabric to give a nice texture to the hat. Here's a tutorial for how to sew one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCB9w70f2UU

[mimesatwork@wandering.shop]

@wffl And another for how to wet felt the existing felt fabric into a hat shape
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dZOeSFNLDI

[beandreams@friendhole.social]

@wffl @RnDanger I made one using this Instructables project for a Gandalf hat, if you want something big. Quick and easy!

Gandalf the Grey's Wizard Hat

Gandalf the Grey's Wizard Hat: Let me start by saying I am a big fan of Lord of the Rings -- and all things Tolkien related. I still remember the first time I picked up a copy of The Hobbit in my elementary school library as a fifth-grader, and how many of my teachers and older f…

Instructables (www.instructables.com)

[kate@hai.z0ne.social]

@wffl@im-in.space

Etsy has a good selection of which some might hit your requirements? https://www.etsy.com/search?q=witch+hat&ref=search_bar&instant_download=0

[robotistry@mstdn.ca]

@wffl I was going to suggest these:
https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/4386398778/butterfly-witch-hat-halloween-black-hat
(my daughter has one and it is spectacular) but then you said one to wear every day. Now all I have is Terry Pratchett's Nanny Ogg describing her hat in Witches Abroad:

"It's got willow reinforcing all the way up to the point and eighteen pockets inside. Can stop a blow with a hammer, this hat."

[em_and_future_cats@mastodon.social]

@wffl I made this hat in about 3 hours … I will share materials and construction in later post (probably in alt text as I can put a lot in there )

[lhaulde@piaille.fr]

@adhemara thanks !

@wffl Yes I do make them, you can choose the color, the size, the material (if it's possible to make a hat out of it)
Estimates are free

[em_and_future_cats@mastodon.social]

@wffl forgive the underside… I was in a hurry and the piece of green fabric was too small ! If I took my time with it I would have stitched much slower and had an even piece to cover the underside

[yavien@social.hackerspace.pl]

@wffl https://www.ravelry.com/projects/yavien/a-practical-witch-hat i knit and felted mine (from 100% wool yarn) and its really nice and sturdy and thanks to random increases whimsily wobbly. however, it is thick and very warm bc its felted wool

[wffl@im-in.space]

@JackMexa4 are you implying I'm not witch enough? ^'

[em_and_future_cats@mastodon.social]

@wffl These are the general materials…(explanations in alt text)

[thepdog@mas.to]

@wffl Have you looked on Etsy?

[lilahexe@fedi.lilahexe.top]

@Sellerie @wffl can't recommend mine unfortunately: the decorations are hotglued into place.

Looks pretty, is probably stable, but still feels like shoddy craftsmanship

[em_and_future_cats@mastodon.social]

@wffl A form I cut out of cardboard to measure my head. As you can see my original cutout (the disk in the center) was a bit small, the resulting hole is slightly bigger and not a perfect oval!
I would try this on your head repeatedly and make adjustments, it should be somewhat snug, as you can always trim a little bit off 🩷
Use it like a stencil on your brim fabric (I cut my brim out first and then tried to center the stencil onto the “circle” I cut out.

[em_and_future_cats@mastodon.social]

@wffl
This was the easiest way to make the “point” . I measured the hole in the crown to be sure I had enough fabric for the base of the “cone” , I then made a general guess as to how long I wanted the “cone” laid my fabric on my iron-on batting, (on a corner ) took a string with a pencil and marked a curve. (Ironing the fabric also makes this step easier ). Then you just cut and sew the two straight sides together!