(1/6) Cattail Weaving: Weave Your Own Hat w/ The Urban-Abo

No video

(1/6) Cattail Weaving: Weave Your Own Hat w/ The Urban-Abo

Рет қаралды 13,530

7 жыл бұрын

In this video I will walk through what I learned on how to weave and make a hat out of cattail leaves.
This is how to start the weave. Below is a clearer breakdown of the weaving pattern used:
"(1/3) Essential Weaving Patterns for Making a Cattail Hat" • (1/3) Essential Weavin...
Tools & Materials:
100 approx. cattail leaves at least 33" long and 3/8" wide
Cotton twine, waxed nylon, or heavy-duty thread
2 or more clothespins
Large needle
Measuring tape
Scissors
Note:
This hat is custom to the circumference of my head at about 23.25"
So you will need about 100 leaves at 33 -36" long at about 3/8" wide
At these dimensions to complete the hat I needed to weave about 20' of length.
You will need to measure your own head to get the proper length of woven strap.
Please visit www.TheUrbanAbo.com

Пікірлер: 29

@JohnSmith-il4wi 10 ай бұрын

Great tutorial, still valid in 2023. Liked and Subscribed

@theurbanabo 10 ай бұрын

Glad it helped! :)

@lylestephenson9308 4 жыл бұрын

"forgive yourself...these skills can be that way...weaving can be that way" well said and thanks for the awesome tutorial.

@theurbanabo 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! :-D

@cotywittmeyer 10 ай бұрын

Cattail hats are about to blow up. Expect a surge in views.

@SkyValleyForge Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the knowledge made my first hat today

@theurbanabo Жыл бұрын

Wonderful! :-D

@WuHa105 3 жыл бұрын

Your hat looks so nice. I'm a big fan of weaving with cattails, wanted to in the past but never did. I definitely want to try this year...

@theurbanabo 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Go for it! :)

@theurbanabo 7 жыл бұрын

I understand the camera angle is not very good so here is a breakdown of the essential weaves for this project >> kzfaq.info/get/bejne/e7SCiLFysL_enoU.html

@arcadioflores8982 6 жыл бұрын

thats a sweet hat

@arcadioflores8982 6 жыл бұрын

my people used to make hats out of bullrush aka tule

@kukla608 6 жыл бұрын

I'm going to try this with cat tails or other leaf matter Thank You!

@carrabosse 3 жыл бұрын

This is so wonderful! Thank you for making this tutorial!

@theurbanabo 3 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome! :#)

@chuckchapman6973 5 жыл бұрын

Sweet...thanks for the info.

@loves2spin2 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@heidischerer7234 6 жыл бұрын

So great!!!!

@Nerding4Nature 7 жыл бұрын

Great series idea! I'll have to come back and watch all of these next summer (the cattails are officially done here). I just did a few videos on eating cattails recently, and am planning on continuing the series next year with the many uses of cattail.

@theurbanabo 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I think I could get out and get a bundle before they get too far gone in my region as well. I have entertained the notion of using leather strips to to the same thing - until the cattails come back next year ;)

@SaintMatthieuSimard 3 жыл бұрын

Dude, you made a Fedora! Ha ha! Tho that's a boater hat that I maybe wanna craft ha ha... I know people who loves fedoras but that's not my fit. lol

@SaintMatthieuSimard 3 жыл бұрын

4:40 - Fancy fold!

@sluggermn1 5 жыл бұрын

I can not find the rest of this series could you help me locate them please

@theurbanabo 5 жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h7xnpbOVp9OtZY0.html

@shiradestjones2613 4 жыл бұрын

Hi, thank you for this video series. I've read a bit on another web site (www.nativetech.org/cordage/index.html) about harvesting time being in the late summer: is that what you mean by the season? I'm writing a novel in which the protag, I hope, grabs some cattails and fingerweaves himself a belt on the move (an escaped slave showing others through the outskirts of Baltimore into the City back in 1838): if that would be realistic? Best regards, and many thanks for this excellent video series (and Nice Hat!!), Shira

@theurbanabo 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, that would be correct! Harvest from late Spring throughout the Summer, by Fall and Winter the leaves become too brittle. However, it does depend on the region...I am in zone 4 the Upper Midwest. Incidentally the lady I learned this from is half Chinese and half Ugandan...she experimented with cattails (Typha spp.) up here when she moved here years ago and found they were a suitable substitute for the plants (palm leaves[?]) she grew up with in Uganda. Good luck with your novel! :-D

@shiradestjones2613 4 жыл бұрын

@@theurbanabo Thanks! Ok, so I'm assuming, then, that the season is longer maybe by a month or so in the Baltimore area, especially south of B'more, in the Chesapeake Bay areas of southern MD. But I'll also make sure that my protag. always has some cattails drying out... Many thanks again! Stay safe, Shira Dest.

@shiradestjones2613 4 жыл бұрын

@@theurbanabo ps: may I credit you in the eventual novel (www.goodreads.com/questions/163204-what-are-you-currently-working-on), when it is published in some way/shape or form (hopefully traditional in the next two years or so)? Shira