Swaggy Felt Hat

I hope those corks keep those buzzing flies away.
Thats what the "swaggy" of old times used to do with their hats working out doors. Tie corks around the brim. Today Cork is hard to get, even the wine bottles are using plastic. There use to be this huge Cork tree in Ballarat in their Botanic Gardens I am wondering if it still exists??.

I just finished felting his natural brown fleece hat with the corks swinging around it. I found some brown hessian in my stash which I have used for a band and a spider attached on the hood.