[SouthernGirl]

People like to try knitted hats on before they buy them. I am looking for a supplier of a footie for a head. Have googled everything I can think of. If you have any ideas, please let us know.

Thanks.

 

[jinx]

The headie you wear under a wig should work great.

 

[jvallas]

Wig caps should work: http://www.amazon.com/Wig-Cap-12-Pack-Black/dp/B00M4JTOZW

 

[Tove]

How about the caps worn when handling food - not the hair net but a biggish loose paper type hat with elastic around the bottom....just a thought

 

[AmyKnits]

Good idea... Never thought about that issue.

I think these would work.... I have seen them used in hair salons for processing and they are disposable......

I didn't look around too much, but Amazon sells 100 for $5.49.... Not bad. AND I would be MUCH more willing to buy from a crafter who made use of these at the shows!👍👍

http://www.amazon.com/Disposable-Plastic-Shower-Caps-Case/dp/B005DXN41G

 

[ducatirose2]

You can buy shower caps at the dollar store. When I do perms I use the shower caps instead of the plastic bag they give you. Its small and doesn't cover well, but the shower cap does and stays in place.

 

[luvrcats]

What a great idea....and keeps the hat so clean!!

 

[Carol J.]

My pet peeve when selling hand knit caps is when a person puts both hands inside and sees how far they can stretch it. Done often enough and the cap will be all out of shape and look worn and second hand.

 

[PauletteB.]

Wig caps are good.

 

[Nana5]

Just a thought, but I wouldn't try on a hat if I had to go through putting a shower cap, wig cap or anything else on my head. People shop in hat shops all the time and aren't required to do the extra. If I bought a hat I would ask the seller the best way to wash it and do just that after I bought it......."but" that's just me!

 

[WindingRoad]

Just a thought, but I wouldn't try on a hat if I had to go through putting a shower cap, wig cap or anything else on my head. People shop in hat shops all the time and aren't required to do the extra. If I bought a hat I would ask the seller the best way to wash it and do just that after I bought it......."but" that's just me!

People try on bathing suits in a store. Do you really think they keep their undies on, even if they are "clean". I wash everything even package items. Where were they made? That's something to think about. This is not directed at you per se, but at the whole thread.

 

[Shari884]

AMEN!!!

 

[disgo]

People like to try knitted hats on before they buy them. I am looking for a supplier of a footie for a head. Have googled everything I can think of. If you have any ideas, please let us know.

Thanks.

Agree :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: with AmyKnits since all you are needing is a one shot, disposable at a good price. A bouffant may be not appropriate for some hat styles like the cloches you make so beautifully so also consider:
http://www.lagunascientific.com/bouffant-cap-179.html

Make sure to shop around online since I see all sorts of price ranges from 15 to 50 cents a piece.

Also look for the painters disposable (they will probably cost more with their baseball cap brim that you can cut off). Food service supply outlets also.

 

[Bebekka]

I sell at craft shows, too. People try them on for a second or two. I think this would put off buying because they'd mess up their hairstyle.

It's another inconvenience, and I don't know about how you do, but it's sometimes difficult to get people to come up to your booth because they're shy or don't want to engage and feel obligated to buy -- an uncomfortable situation. So, to have them put on a sock so to speak, like going to a home open house and putting on the little booties, it's a real turn off and inconvenience...and sometimes people feel silly trying on hats anyway, and to have a sock on their head before they even start, well, I just think they won't buy.

But, I agree, I don't want a lot of hair product in my hats either.

 

[Nana5]

People try on bathing suits in a store. Do you really think they keep their undies on, even if they are "clean". I wash everything even package items. Where were they made? That's something to think about. This is not directed at you per se, but at the whole thread.

:thumbup:

 

[disgo]

People try on bathing suits in a store. Do you really think they keep their undies on, even if they are "clean". I wash everything even package items. Where were they made? That's something to think about. This is not directed at you per se, but at the whole thread.

And it used to be a regulation that facial nets were to never come down below ones upper lip (a dweeb minded wife of a very influential Southern Senator in the '20s put her cigarette holder through her net and even then somehow caught the netting on fire and of course the Senator passed a law. It is completely ignored with Lady Gaga not only having a full face net but then wrapping it a few times around her neck :-o :shock: :lol:

After the war Congress made regulations for trying on garments as RTW was taking off for the middle class (with no experience like the upper class with their exclusive department store protocols) and so swim wear being a booming business was allowed where bras, panties, long johns, tighty whities, boxers were not a try on item and could not be resold. HUH--look at the huge departments in thrift stores and online sites selling every item imaginable--thongs even--that are listed as "slightly used"!!!!!

 

[majormomma]

I knit and sell a lot of knitted hats at a couple of shows every fall and I've never required someone to wear a barrier before trying them on. I think I would lose most of my sales if I did that. People aren't required to wear one when trying on hats at a store.

 

[lindseymary]

People try on bathing suits in a store. Do you really think they keep their undies on, even if they are "clean". I wash everything even package items. Where were they made? That's something to think about. This is not directed have at you per se, but at the whole thread.

My friends laugh when I tell them that anything in contact with MY skin is washed first(especially underwear,ugh),do they think that garment manufacturers,especially those abroad, have the same hygiene facilities as we are fortunate enough to take for granted?Lindseymary

 

[Bebekka]

I wash everything store bought, too. And, I carry the disinfecting hand cleaner with me.

I know it's not the greatest thing because you kill off the "good" germs to help fight the "bad" ones, but the trade off here (in San Francisco at the criminal courts where I worked) was necessary.

 

[GrannyAnnie]

My pet peeve when selling hand knit caps is when a person puts both hands inside and sees how far they can stretch it. Done often enough and the cap will be all out of shape and look worn and second hand.

I know the feeling. I sell a little cowl that some people cannot resist putting both hands in an stretching as far as it will go. I scream inside!!