Nicaraguan straw hat challenge

 

My Nicaraguan straw hat. After plaiting it.

From Nicaragua in Central Amerca. 

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.

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 endstraw 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.

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