7 × charming sauna hats! “I stand in front of a mirror, chuckling at my reflection”
Some sauna-goers wear a sauna hat to protect their hair and head from heat, or to keep them warm during ice plunging. For your own hat, you can draw inspiration from flowers, Western movies, or superheroes—just like our creative readers have done!
Dreadlocks and an elven vibe
“I felted my sauna hat by hand years ago. I haven’t used it in the sauna yet, but every once in a while, I stand in front of the mirror wearing it and chuckle. I came up with the idea during a community college course. A lot of people had dreadlocks around that time, and I wanted to add a bit of an elven twist to the hat.” - Sanni Poppi
A hat in bloom
“I sometimes wear my handmade sauna hat. I felted it myself during a course at the Mäntsälä institute. I’ve also felted the flowers.” - Arja Seppäläinen
It all started as a joke
“Yes, I have a sauna hat! I often wear it myself, but it suits everyone. About ten years ago, my sister and I joked about a sauna hat we saw in a store and how stylish it would look. She ended up buying it for me as a birthday gift. It went unused for years, but later I started wearing it.
I wear it year-round, and it protects my long hair from the heat. The friend in the photo is an Arctic dog, a Yakutian Laika named Miki, who loves snow and cold but sometimes hops on the sauna bench.” - Essi Tähkä
Beads complete the look
“The idea for this sauna hat came from leftover yarn I wanted to use wisely. I enjoy winter swimming, and the hat works perfectly for that. It’s much too hot and thick for summer.
I came up with the decorations myself. I had a broken bracelet and salvaged the beads, then stitched them onto the hat. It was a bit too big at first, so I had to felt it several times. People at the cold-plunging sauna have praised it as beautiful.” - Katja Luojus
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