What the hats are made of.
Undyed wool felt, blocked in one piece, or dyed cotton terry, sewn from panels. Nothing has been made yet, so what follows is the specification for the first production run.
Undyed, 4.5 mm
At least 95% wool, 4.5 mm thick and 585 g/m². The felt is undyed: each shade is the natural colour of the fleece.
Blocked in one piece
Each hat is shaped from a single wool capeline over a hat block, so there are no seams and no panels.
Raw edges
Felt doesn't fray, so the edges are cut and left raw, with no binding.
A loop of its own felt
The hanging loop is a strip cut from the hat's own felt, with a felt disc stitched inside to hold it.
A stitched mark
The wordmark is embroidered in a tonal thread, a shade darker than the felt (lighter on Near-black). Nothing is printed, and there is no patch.
The bucket's band
The bucket has a 25 mm band of undyed cotton grosgrain inside, the only part that touches your head. The bucket is made only if there's enough interest.
Cotton terry
Shop cottonDyed, 3.6 mm
100% cotton terry towelling, 3.6 mm thick, in Sky or Eucalypt: the only dyed shades in the range.
Sewn from six panels
Cotton can't be felted, so it can't be blocked. The beanie is sewn from six panels, with the seams pressed open and stitched flat so nothing bulks against your scalp, and the opening is bound in the same terry.
Tested before it ships
The dyes are specified to reach grade 4 or better in the ISO 105 colour-fastness tests for sweat, washing at 60 °C and water. Each shade will be tested against that before it ships.
Not for the top bench
Cotton terry scorches at a lower temperature than wool felt, so the cotton beanie is not for the top bench. It can be washed.
Made only if there's enough interest
Reservations help decide whether the cotton beanie is made in the first run.
Nine shades
- Ecru
- Light beige
- Oatmeal
- Light grey
- Shaela
- Moorit
- Near-black
- Sky
- Eucalypt
Seven come from the sheep
Ecru, Light beige, Oatmeal, Light grey, Shaela, Moorit and Near-black are natural fleece colours, on the wool hats. Sky and Eucalypt are dyed, on cotton only.
Every lot varies a little
A fleece colour isn't a dye lot, so a shade shifts a little from one batch of wool to the next.
No dye in the felt
Undyed felt has no dye to run onto your scalp or a white towel.
On screen
Colours on a screen are a guide, not exact.
Dense, undyed felt
5 mm thick and 1250 g/m², about twice as dense as the hat felt. At least 95% wool, with no bleach, optical brightener or superwash treatment.
Die-cut, nothing sewn
The edges are die-cut and left raw: no binding, overlocking or stitching.
Pressed, not printed
The mark is pressed into the felt at the front edge, with no ink, so it still shows when the mat is rolled up with that edge on the outside.