How I Made Jughead's Hat

If you have ever watched Riverdale -even just one episode, even just the trailer- you will recognise the iconic crown beanie that Jughead wears in all, bar approximately 10 minutes out of, like, 17 hours. Want to know how I made this beanie that, in most probability hasn't been washed for the last decade? Well, it's actually pretty simple.

I had some dark grey slightly stretchy fabric that had been under my bed for what I can only describe as forever which was the perfect colour for recreating Jug's hat. I cant exactly remember where this fabric came from as I bought it so long ago, but I am pretty sure that it came from a fabric shop in either Shepard's Bush, Northwood or Walthamstow. I folded the fabric around my head, measured about 5cm from the top of my head to allow for more beanie shaping, pinned it with a half a centimetre seam allowance and sewed.

Flip it the right way around, and that is pretty much it, you have just made a beanie! "But what about the actual Jug-y bit?" I hear you scream. Well, that's just as easy! I cut a strip of fabric measured to the circumference of the beanie, folded it in half and sewed. I then cut off the excess so that when I flipped it around later on, the crown wouldn't be lumpy. 

I then folded this in half. I cut a triangle from a piece of paper to use as a template and drew around it with a silver pen that showed up on the fabric. 

I cut around these triangles, once again leaving a half centimetre seam allowance, unfolded the fabric, sewed and flipped it the right way around. I then pinned and sewed the crown turn-up onto the beanie. 

I then cut out a small rectangle from some white cotton fabric and a red circle from some red cotton fabric and sewed them to the turn-up. 

That's it! Easy, huh? Here is the finished result with a Jughead-esque costume and some lil' Toni Topaz pigtails. I would love to see your versions! If you make your own, post a picture on Instagram with the hashtag #wearahatforjughead !