Hatty Thursday - Summer Millinery Class School of the Art Institute, Mad Hatter Lunch

Sunday Pictorial Beret, Boreale yarn (Bottle Green)

Scarf, Antique and Resale Shoppe, Chicago, IL

Bow detail, Sunday Pictorial Beret

This week's round up includes a beret that I stitched up in using Boreale, a fingering-weight yarn. Used 0 needle for the edge, and 1 for the main body. Mindless garter stitch all the way to the top.
Here are some other hat-related items:

• Got at least three weeks off this summer? Check out the millinery blocking and draping class (Course #1020 001) at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Straw, felt, paper, fabric and other unusual materials will be the foundation for your way-cool hats. No preqs! Taught by world-renown instructor, Instructor: Eia Radosavljevic . Not exactly a traditional college student? No worries. Register as a "student-at-large;" cs@saic.edu or call 312.629.6170.
• Milliner Jenny Pfanensteil will be the guest speaker at the "Mad Hatter" luncheon Thursday, May 10 at the Chicago Club. Read all the details here.
• Got a bee in your bonnet? Try making this baby bonnet. Just in time for Easter.
• Why are hat sizes so weird?  Food for some thought.

Hatty Wednesday - Sulky Wash Away Stabilizer, Brooklyn Tweed Seasons Hat

Crochet beret, Lion Brand yarn

Lion Brand yarn, Sulky Wash-Away Stabilizer Scarf

Hats off to Wednesday...

• Cute tilt hat from the 1940s
• By way of Craft Magazine: the DIY Birdcage veil 
• Spring Thaw by Brooklyn Tweed features the Seasons Hat (which also comes as a kit with yarn and pattern) on the cover
• A horsehair fascinator workshop at Judith M Millinery
• A lion hat for a child...resize it for an adult?

Hatty Tuesday - Connie Chang Chinchio hat in Textured Stitches Book Scotty Dog Beret and More -

Starflower Hat in Textured Stitches by Connie Chang Chinchio

New links for Things Hat-related:

• Win yak yarn to knit an ultra-warm hat that not only looks cool, pretty but it's a great conversation starter. Try yakking about it in a bar, no?
• Ways to wear your vintage hat. Correctly.
•  Vogue Knitting's newest slouchy beret in pink
• Old millinery studio recreated....
• What to do with more than 4,000 matching white hats? Check this out.

That's all for now. Ciao.

Hatty Wednesday - Bungalow Hat, Eugenia Kim, Anthropologie, Free Monkey Hat Crochet Pattern

Bungalow hat, Knitscene, Spring 2012

The bungalow hat would seem to fit into Chicago, which actually has a bungalow belt. Not to be worn, it's a term that's actually unique to the City of Broad Shoulders.  Some more hatty links:

• Eugenia Kim has designed hats for Target, now she's taking her talents to Anthropologie. Check out her newsboy.
• This unique 1940s tomato red straw topper is meant to be worn slightly off kilter, not straight on as in the photo.
• Newsboy, how about a schoolboy from Goorin Bros.?
• Horsehair ruffles make this vintage cocktail hat really pop.
• Free crochet monkey hat pattern for tykes. Yikes!

Hatty Round of Links: Knitscene Tulip Slouch Hat, How to Spot Clean a Hat, Free Patterns

Tulip Slouch Hat, Knitscene, Spring 2012

A new round-up of links...mostly hat-related because what's on the head is most fun!

• A free hat pattern download over at Dress a Day. If the 1940s are your vibe, have at it. 
• How to spot clean a felt hat? Check this tip out.
• Another free hat pattern of the toddler, knitting variety. Fair Isle too!
• For random hats that need to be turned into light fixtures
• A woman of many hats (and great make-up and photo styling too)

That's all for now.

Hatty New 2012: A Round-Up of Millinery-Related Links...Albert Swanpoel for Target

From Cozy Winter Knits

Resolve to wear more hats, not just ones that keep you warm, in the New Year? Look at these links for inspiration:

• This Sally Milgrim hat from the 1940s at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
• A great way to hang hats...and hats as wall art
• Shades of the 1960s - McCall's 6450 hat and glove pattern
• Four royal toppers
• Finally, delightful bold hats for Target from Albert Swanpoel; he takes his cue from the 1970s

Hatty Holidays LInk Round Up - Vogue Knitting Turban,

Vogue Knitting, Vintage Chic, Turban, Designed  by Lola Ehrlich

Vintage Chic, Vogue Knitting 2011/2012 Fashion Preview

A random list of cool hats, casual, fun or classy:

• You've seen Chanel bags, how about a Chanel knit hat? Simple, no chains to weight it down.
• The turban is back....classy or just a microwaved leftover? With or without hair. The Vogue Knitting models (above) show plenty of lush,  long, wavy longs. They're just missing gloves, a cordette clutch, and a cigarette holder...otherwise, they look like 1940s starlets. Any ideas on the yarn used? Vogue Knitting won't tell...yet. Can I just contrast it to this actual 1940s jersey turban? Which would took chutzpah to wear? Vogue's patterns or the jersey one? A cocktail will help the chutzpah part, I promise.
• Judith M Millinery has a 20 percent off coupon good through the end of January. She has amazing hat-making notions that you can't even find in New York City's Fashion District (sadly...).
• What's a cute rain hat without a matching umbrella? Here's a how-to using oilcloth...which I think would a little bit stiff. Ripstop or a thinner water-repellant fabric would be a better choice. Still a great way to salvage a frame.
•  Thinking of last minute gifts? Have needles, will travel to nearest yarn store? Here's a round-up of last-minute hats to make on the double.