Felted Heads

September 15^th is Felt Hat Day.

This one is easy to celebrate…

wear a hat,

but not just any hat – a felt hat!

In the early to mid 1900’s

all the cool people were wearing hats

 and the material used

to make hats was… yep, felt!

So, today…

to be one of the cool people,

all you need to do

is wear a felt hat!

Don’t have a felt hat??!

Well, luckily…

today is also

“Make a Hat Day”!!

You can celebrate

two crazy days at once!

(Felt is cloth made from matting,

condensing and pressing fibres.

Felt is not woven.

Cool fact –

felt is one of the oldest

known forms of fabric!)

 

 

Being Aussie, I should spend

today wearing an Aussie felt hat…

 an  Akubra! 

The trade name Akubra

has been commonly used since 1912.

 Our soldiers who fought

in World War One proudly wore

 Slouch hats – felt hats…

Akubras.

For 130 years,

Aussies have been wearing Akubras

– fur felt hats.

With today being Felt Hat Day,

we all need to find an Akubra

 to wear for the day!