It may be easier to buy a cap off the shelf, but of course it’s nicer to have something unique to you, which you designed. If you have an idea for a cap to match your bicycle, your kit, or your style, or if you have trouble making most cycling caps fit, get in touch with me.
Little Package caps are built to last for years. All seams are professionally finished: raw edges are encased and crucial seams topstitched. Cap sweatbands are formed using 100% cotton twill tape.
Styles
Depending on your preference, I can make several classic styles of cycling caps:
- Four panel — the most common style around. Four pieces of fabric sewn up to make the crown.
- Three panel — a style sometimes referred to as “the racer.” Three pieces of fabric make the crown.
- Earflap cap — a cycling cap with a versatile wool or fleece earflap
Bills
When it comes to cycling caps, bills seem to be the thing most people disagree about. Let me know what kind of bill you prefer, and I can usually match it. My default bills is 5cm deep, 18cm wide, and stiffened with a flexible, shapeable, durable plastic filler. I also offer a shallower but wider (4cm deep, 21cm wide) bill. Fiber-filled soft bills are an alternative which perform much like the plastic, but which last much better through the washer & dryer and other abuse. Keep in mind soft bills are top-stitched (stitching will be visible on the top and bottom of the bill).
Sizes
By default, I make caps “one-size-fits-most.” All caps have elastic cinching (in the back quarter only) for a snug but forgiving fit. If your head is particularly large or small, please take measurements so I can adjust. Measure the widest circumference of your head wrapping tape so it touches both your brow and occiput (that bony “knob” on the back of your head). Provide this measurement, or let me know your usual hat size. I make caps for babies, children, and adults – small and large!
Fabric
Consider choosing from fabrics I currently have on hand, or you may supply your own fabric. Caps can be made from old clothing, pillow cases, or other swaths of woven fabric. If you’re at a fabric store and see something you like, request 1/4 yard for a four-panel cap, or 1/2 yard for a three-panel cap. Click here to see my fabrics.
Ribbon
Optionally, grosgrain ribbon, which comes in dozens of colors and several widths, can be applied to your cap. Get creative! Click here to see the ribbon colors.
Prices
- cotton cap: $20
- wool cap: $30
- (optional) earflap, add: $15
- (optional) lining, add: $15
- (optional) one ribbon, add: $5, each additional strip/color of ribbon, add: $2
- (optional) bill shape adjustments (other than two offered shapes): $5
- Other ideas? Send me a note, I’ll give you a quote.
Custom Order Shipping
- Local Pickup (97213): free
- USPS First Class Mail shipping to USA addresses (per 1-3 caps): $2
- USPS Overseas S&H: $4 Canada/Mexico; $6 the rest of the world (per 1-3 caps)
Ready?
Contact me to have a cap made. Specify style, size, fabric, bill type, ribbon color and placement (if applies), how you would prefer to pay, and other ideas, and then we’ll hash out the rest together. Once we have agreed on the details and payment is made, I will begin sewing up your caps. Orders are shipping within two weeks of payment.
Still not sure?
Take a peek at some feedback I’ve collected, or go ahead and ask me.