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Offline Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive

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Pine needle hat!
« on: August 15, 2013, 05:00:00 pm »
I made this hat a couple weeks ago and completely forgot to post a picture of it.  it's all from pine needles.  Its good and doesn't fall off at all, but the down side is it took hours upon hours to make and it's  a little on the warm side so it will have to wait for slightly cooler weather.
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Offline PrimitiveTim

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Re: Pine needle hat!
« Reply #1 on: August 15, 2013, 05:04:45 pm »
You have got to be kidding me!  That's insane! 
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Offline Joec123able

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Re: Pine needle hat!
« Reply #2 on: August 15, 2013, 05:06:30 pm »
Whoa that is freakin cool !
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Offline Ed Brooks

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« Reply #3 on: August 15, 2013, 05:38:43 pm »
That is awesome. Ed
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Offline darwin

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Re: Pine needle hat!
« Reply #4 on: August 15, 2013, 05:48:13 pm »
might be a market for that
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Offline Adam

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Re: Pine needle hat!
« Reply #5 on: August 15, 2013, 05:59:13 pm »
That is really cool! I bet that was a lot of work, but it turned out great and is definitely unique!
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Offline Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive

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Re: Pine needle hat!
« Reply #6 on: August 15, 2013, 06:02:39 pm »
thanks guys, yeah it was a ton of work.  wish there was a market for it..unfortunately the time it takes to do one I'd have to ask $200 for it..lol   it took many many evenings of work to complete...  honestly, I never want to make another again, but I am glad it's done and I now have it!  I was looking for some sort of primitive hat idea that would have a brim to block the sun..  this is the best I could come up with. as time goes by I think it will collect trinkets I find in the woods, feathers, teeth...etc
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Offline Ozzy

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Re: Pine needle hat!
« Reply #7 on: August 15, 2013, 06:40:50 pm »
That's freaking cool man
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Offline Tortoise

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Re: Pine needle hat!
« Reply #8 on: August 15, 2013, 07:18:08 pm »
Can you post another picture where we can clearly see the needles & how they're put together? This is really cool.
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Offline Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive

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Re: Pine needle hat!
« Reply #9 on: August 15, 2013, 08:31:00 pm »
small bundles are coiled slowely around the whole piece and stitched into each other.   youtube "how to make a pine needle basket"
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Offline YosemiteBen

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Re: Pine needle hat!
« Reply #10 on: August 15, 2013, 08:37:57 pm »
@ Twisted - pine needle baskets are fairly new to NDNs. They came along in the 30s or 40s to fill the continued demand for NDN baskets.  Try Tule(Scirpus sp.) lots of people make hats from them and they don't require so much work. Looks good though.
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Offline Polar Bear

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« Reply #11 on: August 15, 2013, 08:40:52 pm »
Neat hat.
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Offline Viking

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Re: Pine needle hat!
« Reply #12 on: August 15, 2013, 10:11:14 pm »
That is cool, I have tones of pine trees. Will have to check out the videos. I have 5 sons that are always looking for things to learn with natural materials around the property.
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Pine needle hat!
« Reply #13 on: August 15, 2013, 10:15:24 pm »
Holy crap, I was gonna "needle" you about your goofy headgear, but this hat is actually kinda stylin'. Now I feel like a sap for even thinking I could tease you about this.  Guess I was barking up the wrong tree.

Instead of riding the pine, the pine is riding you. Way cool hat.
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Offline Bone pile

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Re: Pine needle hat!
« Reply #14 on: August 16, 2013, 07:59:05 am »
I like it a lot. What did you use for string? I've thought about a hat but I know how long that would take so I've kinda put that on the back burner.
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