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How to shrink a straw hat?

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Aveline Wed 10-Aug-22 09:50:06

Just that really. I've found a nice hat in a cupboard but it's too big. Would it shrink a little if I dampened it a bit?

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Auntieflo Wed 10-Aug-22 10:05:01

Try and get some Hat Tape. If it gets too wet, it could swell.

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MissAdventure Wed 10-Aug-22 10:06:16

Perhaps we could spend the day bombarding you with compliments, and see if your head will grow? smile

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Shirley48 Wed 10-Aug-22 10:30:22

MissAdventure

Perhaps we could spend the day bombarding you with compliments, and see if your head will grow? smile

Excellent idea!

Aveline - I expect you will look beautiful in your hat

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MissAdventure Wed 10-Aug-22 10:33:38

I'm sure Aveline has an exquisitely petite head. smile

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Aveline Wed 10-Aug-22 10:49:02

How kind you all are! I actually have a massive napper due to a lifetime of glowing compliments! ( A likely story!!)
Anyway. I dont know whose hat it actually is. It might be one of my mother's but she didnt have a very big head. Its a mystery. DD has told me I must wear one for an event this pm so I was pleased to find it. If the worst comes to the worst I can balance it on the bridge of my nose and, fingers crossed, will be able to peer out at where I'm going!

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MissAdventure Wed 10-Aug-22 10:51:20

I think if you dampen it and let it dry in the sun, it'll shrink.

The hat, not your head - we want more, not less of your bonnie bonce!

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MaizieD Wed 10-Aug-22 11:01:00

I don't think that straw will shrink.

How about tying a nice scarf round it? Or gluing a thickish pad of fabric on the inside.

I have a hat problem all the time as I have a small head and can never buy lovely sun hats off market stalls because they extinguish me...

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