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Wow, Sonja, a resounding "well done" to your son!
I love it...totally made my day!
I have to ask: where did he get these skills?
We researched how to do it on the internet, the hide tanning and then the hat making. They were different sites. We used eggs for the tanning since we have chickens and eggs are plentiful and I discarded the brain before I realized we could use it (thankfully, I think).
We made the pattern out of paper, sized it to his head, and traced the pieces on the hide with Sharpie marker once it was dry (which was stiff as a board in some places-we're rookies after all), because it was a rather small raccoon. So small, in fact, that we ended up having to use every little scrap.
Anyway, he cut out all the pieces with a razor blade/box-knife like the guy on YouTube showed us, and we sewed them with quilting thread, a large needle, and the fingers of rubber gloves to help us hold the needle. He would sew till his fingers hurt, and after he got most of the pieces together, I had to finish; it was very awkward holding the last bits together and trying to sew at the same time with all the joints meeting together, and still very hard to pierce the hide with the needle in some places.
After he got the thing sewed together, he cut the bill off a cap and glued it inside to line it. It still smells like woodsmoke after the tanning process and he didn't want his hair to smell.
Anyway, he is very proud of it and wears it everywhere in the winter. He has been shocked by how hot it makes him to wear it, even in the dead of winter!
An interesting side note: the tail piece had to be cut a bit crookedly because the hide was so small, which made it hang crooked too. But actually, I think this is better, because it sticks out the side and you can see it really well from face-on. He wants to glue lightweight amber marbles to the eyes so it will look realistic.
I think this is hilarious, because every time he leaves it downstairs I think for the first moments I see it that it is a stray cat or other animal that has gotten into the house.
I'll have to share this with my boys - they'll be thoroughly impressed (and more than a little jealous too!).
AND you have chickens! Now it's I who am impressed and more than a little jealous too. Our property is what we affectionately call a "Boston acre" - it's all of 6,900 sf (claustrophobic?). Every now and then, when I’m feeling brave, I tell my wife that it's probably enough for a couple chickens. Oh man, fresh eggs! Like home-made pasta – the store bought stuff pales in comparison.
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