Pinok Pok, higher quality, tigher woven sinamay. Usually fancy hats, derby hats and fascinators are made of sinamay. Hats are blocked from a stiffened flat sheet, or a loosely woven hood. Unlike raffia, abaca fiber is obtained from the leaf stalks, not the leaves. Sinamay is made from Abac a plant fiber (grown in the Philipines). It is most often synthetic fibers, hemp paper. Milan straw, once upon a time it meant the beautiful golden color wheat straw grown in sandy soil, but nowadays it refers more to the braiding style of the original Milan straw hats. Laichow is wheat straw plaited into a braid. Wheat straw, double wheat or single wheat, is thick and coarse. Generally inexpensive gardening hats, lifeguard style beach hats. Hats made of rush straw are also stiff, and they often crack, but they are lightweight and airy. Rush straw is thick and stiff straw with a green hue. A variety of species are used in their natural yellowish, brownish hues. Seagrasses grow in coastal, saline environments. More overlaps per inch create smoother, more durable, water repellent, and sun protective hats. Palm leaf straw is hand braided tightly, then sewn by overlapping the braids. In recent years bleached palm fiber is increasingly used to make inexpensive version in China. The best quality Montecristi Panamas are weaved only by master weavers in the Montecristi region of Ecuador. Toquilla fibers are woven into a cone-like shape, then shaped into a desired style. ![]() Based on the tightness of weave, the hats are sorted by grade, the higher the grade, the pricier the hat. The fibers are handwoven into cone-like shape hood, then blocked into a desired style. The fibers are sorted based on thickness, evenness, color, texture. Toquilla palm is used to make the famous Ecuadorian Panama hats. The hats are lightweight, airy, durable, and often foldable. ![]() Hats are crocheted, woven or it is braided and sewn into a hat. Raffia palm has long leaves, up to 80 feet, of which the veins are used to make hats bag, shoes, ties, textiles. Weaving the cone can take 25-60 hours depending on the tightness and quality of the weaving, and experience of the weaver. The fibers are plaited or woven into cone-shape hoods. We often overlook, that natural, organic straw hats are handmade by straw weavers. In this summary we have only included materials most often used in modern millinery. There are an overwhelming variety of material used in hat making, past or present.
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