Felt animal hats

Barbara Keal makes unusual felt hats, perfect for cold winter mornings and pagan orgies. [via Trendland]

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Thomas Valley

SpiritHoods (www.spirithoods.com) makes similar hats. I’m getting a few for my girls. Corey will understand that I’m getting Minnie Mouse…
- http://boingboing.net/ Rob Beschizza
  
  Spirits hoods is cool but a bit slick and muppety — I suspect I’ll prefer the “weird goings-on somewhere in England they haven’t built a road through yet” handmade quality of Barbara’s
  - Thomas Valley
    
    Yes, but Barbara doesn’t make Mickey and Minnie Mouse. It’s hard for me to deny the awesomeness of those particular hats.
  - Olorwen
    
    Barbara’s hats also manage to be raw and delightfully strange without resorting to appropriating Native culture, which is nice. I’m not a big fan of Spirit Hoods asking you to “join the tribe” and playing into the Hipster Headdress trend. It’s sad, some of their less-problematic stuff is cute, too.
- http://theladyfingers.blogspot.com/ Ladyfingers
  
  ”Spirit Hoods”.
regeya

For some reason he makes me think of Adam Baldwin.
sam1148

I’ll add this to my list of “Things Not to Wear in Hunting Season”.
- GyroMagician
  
  She doesn’t seem to make a badger hat.
  - GyroMagician
    
    …but a badger sporran is a fine idea (although maybe currently a risky proposition)
    
    http://www.barbarakeal.com/page10.htm
  - otterhead
    
    I see a bunch of photos of badger hats on her site.
    
    No otter hats, though.
    - princessalex
      
      That’s weird. I saw no badgers, but I did see one otter hat.
      - otterhead
        
        Here’s her badger hat on an adult:
        http://www.barbarakeal.com/USERIMAGES/025_badger.jpg
        
        And on a child:
        http://www.barbarakeal.com/page7.htm
        
        I see the otter hat now, you’re right :)
  - Mike The Bard
    
    Badgers?!? We don’t NEED no stinking BADGERS!
    - That_Anonymous_Coward
      
      Mushroom Mushroom
chikurt

You really have to remember to procure one first before posting it on BB, or wait in the long que you help create.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=521240745 Ryan Griffin

you had me at ‘pagan orgies’.
Kevin Pierce

Max approves!
SamSam

Barbara’s email box is full

This still happens to people?? O_o
Sam Hocevar

Some people haven’t read the news lately. http://www.timesleader.com/stories/Police-Costumed-Pa-girl-mistaken-for-skunk-shot,221092
- welcomeabored
  
  I worry every fall about those gun owners who chose to shoot first, and clearly identify the target later. Her costume was only vaguely animal-like. Yeesh.
Etienne Fourie

http://www.kealwork.co.uk/Barbara/contact.php it has everything you need to contact her
Etienne Fourie

For all live art or general comments and enquiries please contactbarbara@kealwork.co.uk, 01273 567596.
For enquiries about animal hats and other feltworks please contactruth@kealwork.co.uk, 01722 328518
http://www.tavie.com Tavie

A fox one, I hope, Rob?
beaker

Perfect for playing Where the Wild Things Are. A stylish accoutrement to wear to the wild rumpus.
TheOven

I gave one of these to my Mother-in-law for our family’s annual hunting trip.
- smut clyde
  
  You made your presents felt?
Editz

Great. Now I can look like that creature from the Renaldo and the Loaf video.
Mike The Bard

I usually wear *horns* to my Pagan orgies.