FANTASTIC!! It looks just like the hats that the Amish guys wear here in NE Pa. when they barn raise.
Great job, I'm envious of your skill.
God bless:
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Great job, I'm envious of your skill.
God bless:
Two Feathers
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That's incredible 
Thanks for pointing out a new rabbit hole!
Thanks for pointing out a new rabbit hole!
Nice hat but if I were to wear it I'd get a head full of chiggers. Hate those dang red-bugs.
We ain't got those here! I washed the needles in soap, and rinsed with diluted bleach, to get rid of dirt, pollen, and pitch.
My wife makes pine needle baskets, for what she sells them fore I don't think I can afford to have her make me one.
Your flatulence will smell like the forest.Think I’ll try a pine needle breechclout.
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The instructions I had said to collect the needles (I use red pine) and then place them in the freezer for a few days to kill any bugs in them. I just dampened them again before using them to make them pliable again.
That's all for now. Take care and until next time...be well.
snapper
That's all for now. Take care and until next time...be well.
snapper
Did you use dry or green needles?
Lived most of my life in ponderosa country—and a few years in digger pine country — but never tried this. Great job Waksupi!
Banjoman
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Will we see that hat in a Folk Firearms Collective video?
Good possibility. There may be a new video in a few weeks, depending on their health issues.
Banjoman
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I just watched this, glad I didn't learn from her! Over complicated for a beginner! The one I posted is just as hard. I'm happy I had a hillbilly to teach me!
An update for any thinking of following this path. I gather another batch of pine needles, and have been preparing them for use.
Then yesterday driving down the road, I saw field after field of fresh wheat straw. I picked up a garbage bag full and brought it home.
I made a start on another hat with it, and the advantages are obvious. Hardly any prep time, and the longer pieces are going twice as fast as the pine needles did. It is easier to pull the stitches tight, and needs very little if any soaking, once you get the first tight starting rounds done.
I'm using a slightly smaller diameter tube on this, and I am guessing the hat will weigh half of what the pine needle hat does. Not that it is all that heavy, but lighter will be nice in really hot weather.
Stay tuned.
Then yesterday driving down the road, I saw field after field of fresh wheat straw. I picked up a garbage bag full and brought it home.
I made a start on another hat with it, and the advantages are obvious. Hardly any prep time, and the longer pieces are going twice as fast as the pine needles did. It is easier to pull the stitches tight, and needs very little if any soaking, once you get the first tight starting rounds done.
I'm using a slightly smaller diameter tube on this, and I am guessing the hat will weigh half of what the pine needle hat does. Not that it is all that heavy, but lighter will be nice in really hot weather.
Stay tuned.
Don’t let any hungry horses near your head.
This is the most amazing thing I’ve seen all week! I’d look good in that hat! Excellent work!
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@waksupi - Sorry for the delay in responding to your question. I've been gone since Aug. 22nd and haven't had access to a computer so didn't see your question until this morning.
So, with that said, I've used both green & dry needles. When I collect my needles I only take those I find on the ground. The green ones I've used were all on the ground after a storm rolled through. I'm sure the wind pulled them off the tree but since they were on the ground, I was willing to use them. As it turns out, the greener needles add a different color pattern to the finished basket so they add a nice touch.
That's all for now. Take care and until next time...be well.
snapper
So, with that said, I've used both green & dry needles. When I collect my needles I only take those I find on the ground. The green ones I've used were all on the ground after a storm rolled through. I'm sure the wind pulled them off the tree but since they were on the ground, I was willing to use them. As it turns out, the greener needles add a different color pattern to the finished basket so they add a nice touch.
That's all for now. Take care and until next time...be well.
snapper
Do you find there is shrinkage in the green needles as they dry in a finished project?
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No. The green needles have acted just like the dry, brown ones. They've held up surprisingly well. My wife and I operate a small B&B and I made a large basket that we use to serve muffins in. It's been in use now for almost 2 years and it's still holding up well; even with all the handling it gets from our guests.
Hope that helps. Let me know if there's anything else I can do. Until then...be well.
snapper
Hope that helps. Let me know if there's anything else I can do. Until then...be well.
snapper
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