The felt body (the actual piece of shaped felt) was ordered from a place called ManHatCo - they are really nice people. I got to visit their shop in NYC during Spring Break.
The black thing is a hat block made of plastic, ordered from HatShapers.com. It is the Fedora, size small.
It was my intention to make a Tyrolean hat, which is why I chose the fedora hat block.
Pulled the hat wasn't hard, just time-consuming. I started by soaking the hat in warm water and stretched it out the hat block. It doesn't want to form that form, so I had to keep pulling at it. I put elastic over the base to keep the base stretched so it wouldn't snap back to its original form.
I also loaded it down with chains wrapped in plastic bags so it wouldn't snap back, especially at the crown.
Felt takes a while to dry, so I did this right before leaving for break. When I got back, the felt had dried to the right shape - mostly. the base was very wrinkly.
I spent about two hours with a steamer in order to steam out the wrinkles. I didn't get them all, but it no longer looks wrinkled.
After all that, I could finally measure out how long I wanted the brim to be and cut off the excess.
I still have to turn back and sew the edges and trim the crown.
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