Nicaraguan straw hat challenge

 

My Nicaraguan straw hat. After plaiting it.

Hat From Nicaragua in Central America. 

Nicaragua is the biggest of the Central American countries. 

I have not been there but got this hat from the central America stand at the world Travel Market in Excel exhibition centre in London England.

The hat before I plaited it.

I live in Hatch End. I look more like thatch end.

This is how the hat started out. With all the straws sticking out, in my eyes, obscuring vision, obscuring my face. What could I do with it.

My first thought was cut off the straw ends. I would still have to edge the straggly brim with ribbon to stop it unravelling.

I watched a video of my grand daughter with plaits. I could plait the longest pieces. I did so. without wetting the straw to make it more pliable, I was able to roll it up, and stick the odd ends into the new rolled up edge.

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