Yes, they’re ridiculous, but how could I resist? Here’s my version of a cloche . . . for wearing while cycling. In a helmet.
Rear view:
Three-quarters (more or less) view:
Naturally, I made it of hi-viz fleece, because I’m all about visibility. I don’t want anyone to claim that I couldn’t be seen. This helmet allegedly came with straps the color of the owner’s hair, which would have been nice. The red’s a a jarring, but someone who is willing to wear fluorescent green and yellow at all times is probably in no position to complain.
Here’s the pattern I used as a starting point (in the largest size):
My helmet cover lacks all the style of the (red) model on the lower right, because, after all, the helmet is shaped quite a bit differently from a human head. Of course, as is the case with most helmet covers, when wearing git, I look as if there’s a large fuzzy mushroom attached to my cranium, but I don’t mind. It’s a very cozy mushroom.
There’s nothing like a discussion of helmet use to instigate hysteria, so I’d like to mention that I’ve read that some people think that helmet covers might prevent helmets from bouncing as they should, in the case of impact. Let me just point out that, should I go flying, nothing will keep this helmet cover on the actual helmet. It’s kept in place by a feeble strip of elastic that shifts at the slightest provocation. That’s by design. I’m OK with the whole thing.