I’m hoarding Cashmere sweaters in preparation for the new season. My Cashmere hat and scarf production starts again at the end of May. I found the most beautiful browns, greens, and burgundy sweaters. They will be transformed into the coziest hats and scarves!
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Cashmere
Posted in hat store, making hats, tagged alterknitive, cashmere beanie, cashmere hats, cashmere scarf, recycled sweaters, upcycle on May 9, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Hat design for Stephen Jones Millinery competition on Talenthouse
Posted in making hats, millinery, tagged elina davenport, millinery, stephen jones millinery competition, talenthouse on August 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I created this hat for the Stephen Jones hat competition on Talenthouse. Please take a moment and vote. Also, check out the incredible hats featured from Milliners all over the world. You can vote for many designs. It is an incredible collection of beautiful Millinery creations. I hope they publish a book of all the [...]
Crochet tam with Mum flower
Posted in hat store, hat trend, hats, making hats, millinery, new arrivals, street fashion, tagged ads hats, alternative design studio, blogging, crochet beanie, crochet beret, crochet flower, crochet hat, crochet tam, designer hats, flower hat, spring 2011, valencia street, women's hats on March 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Crochet tam with Mum flower is the latest addition to our “Crochet novelty” collection. Now available in our online store. Perfect for chilly spring days and freezing San Francisco summers. Rainbow, the lovely customer in the photo, bought the first one I made.
Making hats from coats
Posted in hats, making hats, millinery, street fashion, tagged ads hats, alternative design studio, designer hat, hand made hat, hat blog sf, hat shop in san francisco, rain hat, reconstructed fashion, upcycled on January 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
One of my favorite type of hat making involves reconstructing garments into hats. I love using coats because they offer so many great elements. There is a nice amount of fabric, lining, and buttons. For this project I chose a black woman’s rain jacket. Size XXL, with nice tabs on the sleeves, watercolor painted lining, [...]
Making hats on Valencia Street
Posted in hat store, making hats, millinery, tagged ads hats, alternative design studio, blogging, designer hats, hand made hat, hat blog sf, millinery, mission, san francisco style, street fashion, valencia street, women's hats on January 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Read the story “Making hats on Valencia Street” by Leslie Rabine, in MissionLocal.
Lots of new hats!
Posted in hat store, hats, making hats, millinery, new arrivals, tagged ads hats, alterknitive cashmere, alternative design studio, beret, chemo hats, cloche hat, cocktail hat, designer hats, fall 2010, hand made hat, hat shop in san francisco, men's hats, millinery, new hats, san francisco style, slouch beanie, women's hats on November 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We have been really busy at the shop. The week of Halloween, Giants winning the World Series, and Dia de los Muertos inspired many new hats. The shop is full of new styles from House of Nines, Bailey, Toucan Collection, and ADS. . The wall of hats features styles made exclusively at A.D.S. Lots of [...]
World Series in Cashmere…
Posted in making hats, millinery, tagged ads hats, alterknitive cashmere, alternative design studio, casmere hat, designer hats, hand made hat, hat blog, hat blog sf, hat store san francisco, hats from recycled sweaters, hats in san francisco, millinery, recycled fashion, recycled sweater, street fashion, valencia street on October 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’m not a big baseball fan, but the excitement is contagious! Orange Cashmere is very rare, so I’m reserving this hat for the World Series…Go Giants!
New Arrivals: Alterknitive Cashmere Rollup
Posted in hat store, hats, making hats, millinery, new arrivals, tagged alterknitive cashmere, alterknitive hats, cashmere hats, designer hat, designer hats, hand made hat, hat shop in san francisco, hats from recycled sweaters, hats in san francisco, making hats, san francisco style on October 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
New Cashmere hats are now in stock. Rollup hats, brimmed hats, Cloche hats, and caps…all made from recycled 100% Cashmere. This photo is of the 22 Rollup hats I made yesterday…it was a long but rewarding day.
“Something Personal” photography exhibit and cocktail party
Posted in art, hats, making hats, millinery, new arrivals, photography, special event, tagged ads hats, alternative design studio, cocktail hat, designer hat, designer hats, hand made hat, hand made hats, hat blog, hat blog sf, hat photo, hat shop in san francisco, hat store, house of nines design, making hats, millinery, mission, san francisco style, something personal photography exhibit, special event, trunk show, valencia street, women's hats on December 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The “Something Personal” photography cocktail party was a lot of fun. I got a chance to wear a whimsical hat made by House of Nines. Visit ADS hats on Saturday, for a trunk show 2-5, to see more designs by this local company. This one of a kind hat will be sold with 50% of [...]
11 hours of sewing…
Posted in hat store, hats, making hats, millinery, new arrivals, tagged ads hats, alternative design studio, blogging, chemo hats, cold weather hats, designer hat, designer hats, hand made hat, hand made hats, hat, hat blog sf, hat shop in san francisco, hats in san francisco, making hats, millinery, mission, polar fleece hat, ski hats, valencia street, winter hats on December 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It has been really cold in San Francisco (39 degrees right now). All of my friends have been complaining about how freezing it is…. All I could say was “Put on a hat!” I spent 11 hours making polar fleece and wool jersey rollup hats. Polar fleece is very warm and soft…water repellent and wind [...]
