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felting to fix a "mistake" Karlisa 06-18-2007
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Posted by Karlisa on June 18, 2007, 9:12 pm
I knitted a wool cap with my koolaid-dyed yarn for the charity box. I
thought the hat to be way to big circumference-wise, and so decided to felt
it by throwing it in the washer. Gauge? I don't need no stinkin' gauge!
:-D Oh, it felted (well, not completely) a good deal before I realized that
what I had managed to do is shrink it length-wise and now have a shorter cap
with the same width as I started with! Since my motto is "If you can't fix
it, feature it", I am thinking what I'll do it toss it back in the washer
and really try to felt it completely. I'm thinking that after I've created
the felt fabric, I can go back and snip out wedges of the excess width--sort
of like creating darts, and then stitch the fabric back together to make the
circumference smaller. I'll make the "darts" a decorative aspect of the
hat. Does this sound reasonable? I've never done this before and I think I
can slip stitch the tucks or darts so that they won't be seen in the felted
hat. Ideas or advice??

Thanks!

lisa

--
"Some people are like Slinkies...not really good for anything, but they
still bring a smile to your face when
you push them down a flight of stairs."



Posted by joan8904 on June 18, 2007, 10:12 pm
I cut and sewed the bottom of a felted purse. A bit thick under the
sewing machine, but otherwise worked just fine.

joan
p.s. What a coincedence! The purse was made of wool that I had
dyed. Except, I mistakenly used Jello rather than Koolaid. Well,
they were only one aisle apart at the supermarket and it did work! :>


Posted by Mirjam Bruck-Cohen on June 18, 2007, 11:32 pm
It is a very good idea ,, i would use Blanket stich at the cuts` edges
and than embroider those together , maybe with a bead or 2 ,,,,
mirjam

>I knitted a wool cap with my koolaid-dyed yarn for the charity box. I
>thought the hat to be way to big circumference-wise, and so decided to felt
>it by throwing it in the washer. Gauge? I don't need no stinkin' gauge!
>:-D Oh, it felted (well, not completely) a good deal before I realized that
>what I had managed to do is shrink it length-wise and now have a shorter cap
>with the same width as I started with! Since my motto is "If you can't fix
>it, feature it", I am thinking what I'll do it toss it back in the washer
>and really try to felt it completely. I'm thinking that after I've created
>the felt fabric, I can go back and snip out wedges of the excess width--sort
>of like creating darts, and then stitch the fabric back together to make the
>circumference smaller. I'll make the "darts" a decorative aspect of the
>hat. Does this sound reasonable? I've never done this before and I think I
>can slip stitch the tucks or darts so that they won't be seen in the felted
>hat. Ideas or advice??
>
>Thanks!
>
>lisa
>
>--
>"Some people are like Slinkies...not really good for anything, but they
>still bring a smile to your face when
>you push them down a flight of stairs."
>
>


Posted by Madelaine on June 19, 2007, 10:23 am
This is a neat idea--I would love to see a pic to see if it works out.
Madelaine

Mirjam Bruck-Cohen wrote:
> It is a very good idea ,, i would use Blanket stich at the cuts` edges
> and than embroider those together , maybe with a bead or 2 ,,,,
> mirjam
>
>> I knitted a wool cap with my koolaid-dyed yarn for the charity box. I
>> thought the hat to be way to big circumference-wise, and so decided to felt
>> it by throwing it in the washer. Gauge? I don't need no stinkin' gauge!
>> :-D Oh, it felted (well, not completely) a good deal before I realized that
>> what I had managed to do is shrink it length-wise and now have a shorter cap
>> with the same width as I started with! Since my motto is "If you can't fix
>> it, feature it", I am thinking what I'll do it toss it back in the washer
>> and really try to felt it completely. I'm thinking that after I've created
>> the felt fabric, I can go back and snip out wedges of the excess width--sort
>> of like creating darts, and then stitch the fabric back together to make the
>> circumference smaller. I'll make the "darts" a decorative aspect of the
>> hat. Does this sound reasonable? I've never done this before and I think I
>> can slip stitch the tucks or darts so that they won't be seen in the felted
>> hat. Ideas or advice??
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> lisa
>>
>> --
>> "Some people are like Slinkies...not really good for anything, but they
>> still bring a smile to your face when
>> you push them down a flight of stairs."
>>
>>
>

Posted by Richard Eney on June 21, 2007, 1:24 pm

>what I had managed to do is shrink it length-wise and now have a shorter cap
>with the same width as I started with! Since my motto is "If you can't fix
>it, feature it", I am thinking what I'll do it toss it back in the washer
>and really try to felt it completely.

Go for it! The completed felting might be enough to take care of the problem.

>I'm thinking that after I've created
>the felt fabric, I can go back and snip out wedges of the excess width--sort
>of like creating darts, and then stitch the fabric back together to make the
>circumference smaller. I'll make the "darts" a decorative aspect of the
>hat. Does this sound reasonable? I've never done this before and I think I
>can slip stitch the tucks or darts so that they won't be seen in the felted
>hat. Ideas or advice??

Years ago I did that with a too-big hat that wasn't felted (acrylic) - I just
tied the cut ends together inside and worked the ends in, since it was for me.
You could either try to hide the darts or emphasize them as a design element.

=Tamar

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