Zonneschijn Hoed Bandjes

Sunshine Hat Bands

Designed and woven by Sienna Bosch and Mackenzie Keller

We've been planting our garden the past few weeks. Our peas are beginning to bloom, and we have cages on the tomatoes. We needed protection from the Colorado sun during all that time outside. We bought matching sun hats, then decided to accessorize them! Handwoven bands would be the perfect way to personalize them.

One of the best parts about weaving is that even with the same idea in mind, we came up with completely different designs. Mackenzie decided on 4 colors with a pick-up pattern. Sienna dyed a tonal yarn for one warp color—the color variation adds interest to the simple pattern. (If you don't want to dye yarn but want the color variations, there are many commercial yarns with interesting color effects.)

Project Specs

Weave structure: plain weave

Weaving width: 1"

Total warp ends: 59

Warp length: 78"

EPI: 59

PPI: 9

What You'll Need

Materials & Equipment: Pick-Up Band

Warp yarn: Maysville Cotton Carpet Warp in Loden Green (15 yds), Navy Blue (8 yds), and Kentucky Cardinal Red (15 yds)
Weft yarn: Unmercerized 8/2 cotton in 100 Natural (100 yds)
inkle loom & belt shuttle
29 Texsolv or string heddles
rotary cutter and cutting mat or scissors
sewing needle and thread

Materials & Equipment: Pink Band

Warp yarn: 6/2 unmercerized cotton in natural (80 yds dyed and 60 yds undyed)
Weft yarn: 6/2 unmercerized cotton (10 yds dyed for main band, 8 yds undyed for straps)
inkle loom & belt shuttle
30 Texsolv or string heddles
Ultra Umbrella Swift
ball winder
rotary cutter and cutting mat or scissors
sewing needle and thread
dyeing materials & equipment—listed in PDF