Heather Hats.

Otago Witness, Volume 06, Issue 2899, 6 October 1909, Page 73

Heather Hats.

A novelty in hats is woven frosj lavender stelks, and another from twigs' of heather Everyone knows and admires ,the gr>ey-green of the lavender-stems, and the beautiful blue of the Scottish heather. The idea of weaving .them hat-shapes is tljat of a girl clever in ideas. At first glance the lavender hat 6 appear to be,woven of rather coarse .silvery straw, but on looking closer it is seen that the stalks' of the lavender bush are accountable for the formation. They are woven when the lavender is freshly picked, and',*the stems are pliable, and are afterwards -dried, when the stalks become hard and tough, buf^ not brittle. The little bud-like flowers of the lavender are preserved, and used- as a trimming, sprays of them , being in os-p-rey' form above the brim in front of the hat, where they look like dried fancy grasses, and are most attractive. They are . most fragrant, and need no sachet-bags tucked into the- crown to" perfume ihem. . Hats made all 'of heather are quite as fascinating and more delicate in effect. The little pinkish, mauve bells of the heather are used as trimming, the shape it-self being covered wit'b tbe brown' mossy stems. . A wTeath of the beathei blossoms "is laid round the crown, or the" orown itself is woven with sprigs of heather bearing J-he little flowers.