How To Form The Brim Of A Hat

Step 3 Allow the outside of the hat to dry for 10 seconds and flip the hat over.

How to form the brim of a hat. Choose a section of the felt brim to shape first and hold this part over the steam from the boiling water until the felt softens. And start knitting with two strands when you start knitting the body of your hat. An optional feature often using materials such as leather silk or grosgrain ribbon.

Set the hat on a flat surface and shape the brim propping it up with crumpled paper towels to keep the shape if necessary. When you start the body of the hat then add the second strand. The brim on most new caps especially fitted caps are nearly flat--with little to no bend in them.

Once you have restored your hat to the desired shape allow for the hat to cool and dry. Hold the can 10 inches from the brim. Hold and repeat this motion continuously until this section of the hat cools.

It will no longer change shape. If you want to shape the brim further return the hat to the steam and repeat the process. In other words when you are done with the brim make a slip knot with another skein of yarn add it to the peg.

Tape the ends of the wire tightly so it wont cut through the casing. Allow to cool and dry overnight. High-Density Polyethylene is used in cap brims.

Using a clothing steamer or the steam setting on your standard clothing iron dampen the straw and then smooth the material by hand. This may take some time depending on what the brim is made of. Dunk the brim of the hat in a pot of simmering water for no more than 15 seconds and then lightly blot dry.