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After selecting braid and a hat shape, the first step is a base for the braid. We used crinoline, a little thinner than buckram, since it wasn't so much for support as a guide to the shape of the finished hat. After wetting the crinoline...
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...we draped it over the hat block and arranged it...
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...then pounded in the tacks to block it in the right shape for the crown.
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