Hat Making Workshop

The Hat Workshop

Three days. One hat. Yours.

Tyson's Hattery is offering a one-on-one workshop for those who want to do more than buy a hat — they want to make one. No groups, no classroom. Just you, me, and a bench in the workshop.

We work in 100% beaver fur felt only. It's the finest hat body there is, and if you're going to spend three days making a hat, it ought to be one that outlasts you.

How it goes:

Day One — Instruction. I walk you through the whole process, start to finish, so you understand what you're about to do and why. Then we get to it: steaming and blocking your body over the crown block, setting the band line, pulling the felt down the way hatters have done it for two hundred years.

Day Two — We finish the blocking and flange the brim. Then it's sweatband work — hand sewing the reeded leather sweatband into your hat. It's the part of the hat nobody sees and the part your head will know every day.

Day Three — Shaping. We steam and set your crease — cattleman, teardrop, Gus, Carlsbad, open crown, whatever suits you. Then the hatband goes on, and you put your hat on your head and drive home wearing it.

The details:

The cost is $1,300. That covers all three days, all materials, and a finished custom hat in 100% beaver fur felt — the same grade that sells off my bench for near that on its own. You leave with a hat you made, fitted to your head, shaped to your taste.

The workshop sits on my property in Round Hill, in the heart of Loudoun County's wine and beer country. You'll be working with a bucolic western Loudoun backdrop out the window — and there are worse ways to end a day of hatmaking than tasting rooms five minutes down the road.

One client at a time. Locals and travelers both welcome. Dates are arranged directly — reach out and we'll find three days that work.