Gothic Purple Velvet Smoking Cap needle felted with tassel - medium Crystals and Stones green and white wool top

green and white wool top using a combination of needle felting and nuno felting techniques

while the keyhole design makes for a stylish easy wear accessory

It is lined in beautifully soft blue sandwash silk which is quilted to the cashmere

medium - up to 20cm hand size* as a guide measure across the widest part of dominant hand at knuckles

Thin plastic millinery reed has been added to the brim edge so it will keep it's shape and not flop

Gothic Purple Velvet Smoking Cap needle felted with tassel - medium Crystals and Stones green and white wool topThis is a Gothic version of the Victorian pillbox style smoking cap. Handmade in dusky purple soft cotton corduroy with felted layered textiles to the tip, black velvet crown with black machine embroidery edging, and macrame tassel with satin ribbon trim. An eye catching hat! Felted designs, even when repeated, have their own very distinct character and are therefore one offs. No two are ever identical! The tip of the hat is layered with aubergine