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How to Wire Earsby ~clearkid

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Mini tutorial time.

Green is wire, red is stitching, and tan is masking tape.

Have large ears/horns/other things sticking up out of your hat that are just sadly flopping over? Try adding some wire!

I use gauge 20 steel wire for most everything. It's thick enough to hold your stuff up, yet thin enough you can bend it with your fingers.

You'll usually want to add your wire after you've finished sewing your hat. Simply measure out enough wire to go inside both ears plus about 20 inches extra.

Find the middle of your wire piece and place it on your center seam. Then make two bends where the inside of the ear starts.

Then take and end and push it in between the stitches into the ear. Then push it back out on the outer edge of the ear. Do the same for the other side.

While holding the inner bend in place, push the long wire end into the ear until it loops up and fills the whole inside. Then bend the long end towards the back of the hat. Do the same for the other ear and then pinch the wire into shape as needed.

Form a small loop in the back with the two ends and twist them together in the middle. Cut of the excess and make tiny loops on the ends so they won't be sharp.

With a needle and thread, stitch through the inside seams, wrap around the wire and tie off at bends to hold the wire in place.

If you like (especially useful if you have long hair) Carefully cover the wire twist with masking tape.

And there you go, now you can add those inches to your height!

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~KamikazeKitteh May 8, 2013 Hobbyist Artist

That piece in the back with the masking tape around it...is that necessary? When i do it that way, the wire is noticeable and uncomfortable/:

~clearkid 6 days ago Professional Filmographer

You need some form of a base to keep the ear upright against the head. If you only put wire in the ear it will keep it stiff, but it will still flop over. You can try other shapes, loops, or run the wire along the base of the hat where you can sew it in etc. but you'll need some support along the head.

~WhiteSpiritIge Aug 9, 2012 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Thank you so much!!! This will be very helpful when I add those wolf ears. Now, they won't flop anymore

~gamerboy03 Oct 16, 2011 Hobbyist General Artist

I am wondering how do you wash the hats with wire in them?

~NiwaNiwaNiwa Aug 4, 2011

I like to use stiff cardboard too and stuff stuffing around

~Xeerinare Jul 19, 2011 Hobbyist General Artist

Awesome!

_{but being the constantly paranoid person that i am i cant stop thinking about how it wouldnt be safe to wear a hat wired like this (or any wired hat wired with metal/steel wire for that matter) during a storm... >~>}

~TheLostUchihaTwin Jan 12, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

Floral wire amy be okay for this as well, one would think...

~Xeerinare Jan 14, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

That may work too for hat.

But isn't Floral wire a lot thinner than hat wire?

~TheLostUchihaTwin Jan 24, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

Not particularly, if I remember correctly.

~Xeerinare Feb 15, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

Hmm ok interesting.

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