The 10 minute Pixie Hat

This hat has it all. Recycled, re purposed, revamped - whatever. It is from an old Merino wool sweater of mine. A friend was talking about wanting to sew a pilot hat and I could not help but nod in agreement, yes, me too now you mention it. No sooner had the seed been planted it germinated and I ran upstairs baby under arm (hi Daddy I know you are enjoying your Saturday Morning Soak in the bath but here's Boo, just keep you eye on her please, I am DESPERATE to do something terribly important) and so already with the pattern in my mind I rummaged, found, snipped and sewed and then ran back to the bathroom to try it on the model and back to the machine. Ten minutes. Or less. It was THAT easy.





Here is a quick How To:

Pick an old sweater, charity shop find or one that will not be missed from someone's wardrobe. You need either the front or the back, so really one sweater would easily make two hats.



Snip your panel, front or back. The bottom edge will be the bit of the hat that frames the face.



Turn and fold.



The line where I have marked with string is the line you need cut along. I didn't measure anything, just looked and guessed.



Turn inside out and sew along that string-line. I used the neck band of the sweater for the ties. You can see I folded back the ribbed bit, I then slipped the ties in there and sewed so it has that nice turned back effect. I also sewed the raw edges of the hat - ends of ties and the bit which cups the neck. My machine is still acting crazy so the sewing is, er, rough in places, but you can't honestly tell, it still looks sweet. I think it would look good with binding around the raw edges.



Pretty or what? :)