She puts a bit of work into the making of a hat (5)
I believe the answer is:
thora
'she puts a bit' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'work into the making of a hat' is the wordplay.
'work' becomes 'r' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'into' is an insertion indicator.
'the making' indicates anagramming the letters.
'of' becomes 'o''.
'o'+'hat'='ohat'
'ohat' anagrammed gives 'thoa'.
'r' placed into 'thoa' is 'THORA'.
'of' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for thora that I've seen before include "Woman" , "Hat or change for a girl" , "lady" , "Actress, dame, who died in 2003" .)