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THE NEXT FEW PAGES ARE ON MAKING HOODS FOR BIRDS OF PREY. THERE WILL BE A FEW PAGES AS IT TAKES ME ABOUT 4 HRS TO MAKE A HOOD DEPENDING ON HOW I AM FEELING, I HAVE SEEN IT SOMETIMES TAKE DAYS. THESE ARE DUTCH HOODS.

TO START WITH YOU NEED PATTERNS AND HOOD BLOCKS, THESE COST APPROX £60. NOW THE PATTERNS ARE ON PAPER SO I TRANSFERED THEM TO LEATHER AND MARKED THE SIZE ON THE LEATHER.

THESE ARE SOME OF THE HOOD BLOCKS WHICH COME FROM 1 TO 10 . YOU CAN BUY THEM SINGLE WHICH ARE AROUND £7 WITH PATTERNS.

I MARK ON THE GOOD SIDE WITH A SCRIBE, DRAW ROUND THE PATTERNS REMEMBERING TO TURN THE SIDE PATTERN BOTH WAYS, ONE FACING EACH WAY. DON'T USE PEN AS IT WILL SHOW WHEN SEWN TOGETHER SO ONLY USE A SCRIBE. YOU WILL SEE AS WE GO THROUGH THE STAGES.

WHEN CUTTING OUT THE HOOD MAKE SURE YOU PUT A SLIGHT ANGLE TO THE KNIFE, THIS BECOMES APPARENT WHEN SEWNING TOGETHER, NO DOUBT YOU WILL MAKE A BOOB AND FIND OUT FOR YOURSELF I DID. MARK WITH A PAIR OF CALIPAIR SCRIBES, I THINK THAT IS WHAT YOU CALL THEM 4MM AROUND THE EDGES OF THE SIDES AND THE MAIN PART. ONCE YOU HAVE DONE THIS USE A STITCH MARKER AND MARK AROUND THE SIDE PARTS ONLY WITH THIS AGAIN THIS WILL BE EXPLAINED AND WHY. REMEMBER TO MARK ALL THIS ON THE SIDE WHICH WILL BE THE INSIDE OF THE HOOD. AGAIN I BOOBED HERE A FEW TIMES AND ONLY REALISED AFTER I HAD JUST ABOUT FINISHED ALL THE MARKING OUT. TO HELP YOU HERE IT IS A GOOD IDEA TO MARK THE STITCH MARKER HOLES WITH A PEN OF SOME KIND UNTIL YOU GET USED TO WHAT YOU ARE DOING. AGAIN MARKED IN THE INSIDE IT WILL NOT SHOW WHEN FINISHED AS BEING THE INSIDE OF HOOD. THE NEXT PAGES WILL SHOW YOU IN MORE DETAIL TO WHAT I MEAN, TAKE A GOOD LOOK BEFORE YOU CONTINUE ANY PROBLEMS GIVE ME A SHOUT.

UNDER CONSTRUCTION WILL TAKE A LITTLE WHILE FOR ME TO FINISH THESE PAGES BUT IF YOU NEED ANY INFO CONTACT ME THROUGH E-MAIL AND I WILL PASS ON AS MUCH AS POSS ANYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW.