04.09.2015 pre-felting

knitting and fringe done… tomorrow I felt.
looks good so far. hope the machine doesn’t mess it up. Could use a little shrinking to be honest, so hoping for that.

23.09.2015 post-felting

I felted this 06.09.2015. It is wonderful and beautiful. But, unlike big sister’s hat (which was a mystery yarn) this was pure merino. And I felted it in the machine at 40°C for a whole “delicates cycle”. It is nice and felty and sturdy. However, this baby’s head is big and barely fits into this hat. So: making a new one and felting at 30°C and in a shorter cycle.

UPDATE: made a new hat in a darker blue and actually did felt it at 40C but much shorter. It is therefore stretchier and will fit a while longer.

23.09.2015 Skeins

3 skeins of the Raggaza Lei (plus some scraps for contrast color) is almost exactly what I needed. 1skein for each side with earflap (note: I did not make the i-cords) plus one for the mohawk.