I actually started making this piece with a strip of a black fabric place mat! I already had some cut offs of graphically patterned white cotton which I cut into thin strips. I paired this with a colourful ball of wool I bought, and used my sewing machine to stitch them along the edge of the place mat cut off.
I then repeated this, so I had two strips of place mat with wool and fabric stitched on as I have shown in the above picture.
When I got to this stage I cut off one large strip of placemat and stitched it across both strips of wool, joining them together as one long strip.
I added elastic to the back of the piece so it would not be visible when worn, this made the piece more flexible and rounded. I used elastic so it would fit all head sizes.
I left the elastic cut at both ends so I will tie it onto the head. I thought this was better rather than a big headband as it gives me more control to adjust the head piece if it doesn't; for whatever reason fit properly. Also I believe when putting on this headpiece I can do the hair style first and then put on the headpiece without a major risk of messing up the hair, whereas if it was a headband I may struggle getting it over the head without touching the sculptural hairstyle I also aim to create.
Here, I've rather embarrassingly tried out a few ways to wear this headpiece. After this, I'm considering maybe threading wire through the wool so I can bend individual strands into exciting shapes. This should give the head band another dimension. Looking a bit tribal headdress/Medusa
Unfortunately I did try out the wire idea but the wool was too fine and every time I tried to put wire in, the wool split and so the idea didn't really work.
Below is the final outcome:
I may add some sheer material to give it more of a chic catwalk feel. I could even paint some of the wool in more tropical colours to follow the amazon birds' influence.
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