[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-pirate-hat-fail":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/winchester_house_school_5-e6a098dcac.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nI'm not very good yet at buying clothing type things on the Internet, I have to see things in real life first. I've been borrowing \u003Ca href=\"http://www.geraldinemccaughrean.co.uk/\">Geraldine McCaughrean\u003C/a>'s excellent pirate hat for way too long – she does pirate-themed events, too – and people on Twitter advised me to get one online. This is the sort of hat I was thinking of. Something a bit fabulous.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/fab_pirate_hats-fe4751494a.jpg\">\\r\n\u003Ci>\u003Cfont size=\"1\">Hats by \u003Ca href=\"http://www.topsyturvydesign.com/\">Topsy Turvy Design\u003C/a>  & \u003Ca href=\"http://www.etsy.com/people/caribbeanrosepirate?ref=ls_profile\">CarribeanRosePirate\u003C/a>\u003C/font>\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\nBut they were awfully expensive. (Reasonably so, these hats don't make themselves.) So I found one listed as being made of 'felt', and just pricey enough for me to think it might be all right. And it arrived this week...\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/rubbish_pirate_hat-0f9d91f5bf.jpg\" width=\"350\">\\r\n\\r\nYes, that IS a string of glue-gun glue dripping off the side. And is that really... felt? Oh! And it is made for a child-sized pirate. NICE.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/toosmall_pirate_hat-3bc1c2db3b.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nMy studio mate Lauren suggested buying a basic hat and tarting it up, but I can't even seem to buy a decent basic hat. Argh. Back to the drawing board.","2012-03-18T22:39:00.000Z","pirate-hat-fail",[],"pirate hat fail",1776628721600]