How Do You Make Japanese Straw Hats?
Sugegasa, also known as sedge hats or rice paddy hats, are conical Japanese hats made from straw or bamboo. This style of hat, which also comes from China, Vietnam and Korea, is most often used to protect the face from both sunny and rainy weather. Although the hat is usually used as everyday wear for laborers, in the West it has been adopted as a practical accessory for gardeners. To learn how to make your own Japanese straw hat, complete the following instructions. Buy a conical hat form, or an existing sugegasa hat, to use as a hat model that will help you create the shape of your Japanese straw hat. If you cannot find a useable hat model, create your own using card stock and duct tape. Cut the card stock into many long strips and layer them on top of one another, following a circular pattern that fans outward. Use a photo reference of a conical hat to get the shape just right. Apply the duct tape to the strips of card stock to hold the shape, then cover the entire model in a layer
