I used Rowan's dk tweed, which is 100% pure new wool, colour scheme Askrigg.
The hat started to look worryingly large, but I was reassured by Wicked Woollen's comfirmation that that was just as it should be!
I even dared going a bit bigger, because my husband has a big head. Haha!
The final measurements of the finished hat before felting was 66cm/26" long and 52cm/20.5" circumference.
Then the felting fun began!
I used an old large boiling bucket and a stick of soap, filled it with hot water (as hot as I could bear to touch) and got rubbing.
I found a wire mesh in the garden, which I found useful for rubbing against; but just stirring, rubbing and wringing the fabric in the water worked pretty well too.
Just as I started to panic, because if anything the hat seemed to get bigger, it started to get smaller.
The fabric feels lovely and thick and soft.
1 comment:
Great looking cap! I'm making a second one, I did my first only doubled, no flopping over, with ear flaps, this one has no flaps and I want to flop over A Lot....it's my "kid's school concert knitting"....round and round forever!
I usually felt in the washer....how long did it take by hand?
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