Felted Hat with Crocheted Flower

I've felted another hat! This one was made of Palette Collection yarn that I bought at Pat Catans craft store when I was recently up in Pittsbugh. This scarf was made in series Palate Collection 006/219 (Merlot) color.

Here is the hat before I felted it in the washing machine:






Post-felting; I put the little crocheted flower on the side, with a bauble with extra stitching as the center:

Aaahhhh...Waikiki

This is my latest scarf I finished last weekend. The yarn is a fine Italian brand that I found in Tuesday Morning of all places! The maker of the yarn is Laines Du Nord and the line is called Cashsilk, a 50% Merino extrafine unshrinkable wool, 25% silk and 25% cashmere (Color/Lot 656/597). It is sooo soft and yummy. I wasn't able to find their company site. The best I could do is on SkeinsScene.com where they call it "pink". I really got a bargain on the yarn... I only paid $3 per ball!

I found some really great patterns on the Naturally Caron site, and this scarf I used the Wikiki pattern.

I love this scarf! The pattern is suppposed to be small "pineapple" stitches, which they call "strawberries". I think my favorite thing about it is the fringe... just loops of chains. I think this is a great take on the idea of fringe. I'll have to use it on other projects!

Full Scarf (I just had my hair "did" :)




Close-up of one of the "strawberries". If you see up towards the top, there are the "leaves" and then the points that come down from there to form the strawberry.

Rolled brim felted hat complete!

The felted hat that was drying with pins in the rolled brim from my last post is now dry. Whatdaya think?

Bauble Felting Fun!

I've finished two other kits that are similar to the change purses. The first was a hat kit. The kit is another "One Stick|Two Stick" kit in Lichen color scheme. The yarn was all made of bamboo wool and was totally soft!

First I made the hat... doesn't look abnormal, right?




But, you can see how big it is when I put it on! Don't worry, it will shrink when I throw it in the washing machine :)




Here it is after it is out of the washing machine, with some bauble embellishments:




On me:








The kit came with enough yarn to make a second (non-felted) hat. Cute, Huh?




I'm a dork :)




So, "baubles"... what are those? Well, the hat kit, and a second kit for making "Girlfriend Bracelets" had these. Basically, you make a little ball that is filled with wool yarn and then throw them into the wash to "felt" them. Here are all the baubles I made prior to felting. Yes, sir! Yes, sir! Two hands full!




I then threaded yarn through the center a number of times, quartering the bauble and securing it with a French knot. These made the little "flower" shapes that I attached to the greenish hat above, as well as making the bracelets!








So, I tried another felted hat pattern that I found online. I made this hat with Vision yarn by Moda Dea in Sedona color. I wasn't sure if it would felt like the other hat since the yarn was a wool blend (65% wool, 35% acrylic). What I learned is that it will felt, but I now need to buy a sweater "trimmer" thingy to de-fuzz the hat :) I think it will look pretty cute when it is finished though.

Here is the hat beforehand, laid out on the table. Again, it doesn't look so crazy.




But, as you can see, it is HUGE when I put it on!!




Here is the hat, post-felting. I've pinned the brim up so that it will roll like a derby. The pins will come out when the hat is dry.




Finally, I made more of my new favorite little baubles out of the leftover yarn, so it didn't go to waste :)

Wine Bottle Cover

I made this little ditty for a friend as a "hostess gift" when going to her house for a party. It is made with Moda Dea brand yarn, out of their Beadnik style, a yarn that has pre-strung beads attached. This one is made out of the color "Chocodelic".

The only thing I would do differently when I make this again would be to put a bottom on the wine bottle cover. The pattern I followed didn't have me make one for this, and I think it could have used it. Nonetheless, I think it turned out pretty cute!