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felting help please! plus a great book

Hi all, I am making 2 hats for my SIL and my niece--they are wild and wooly (literally!) LOL! The patterns are in this incredibly ORIGINAL knitting book:

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since they didn't want wool near their faces, I am using alovely bulky yarn that is 25% wool and 75% acrylic. My problem is withthe mohawk (yes, you read that correctly! LOL!). Is there ANY way toreproduce the effect with this yarn? Or do I have to spring formatching yarn in wool for this part of the project? One more question---I have gone down one size since I will not be felting the body of the hat either and thus, it will not be shrinking. Can anyone give me some sort of shrinkage percentage so I know how long to cut the fringe when I make it (if I must use 100% wool for it). Thanks guys!

Wendy, the knitting fool in CT

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myswendy
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myswendy wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@m36g2000hse.googlegroups.com:

why don't you think your yarn will work? it's not the fulling that makes the "mohawk" stand up. if you can get your yarn looped in there tightly enough, it should stand up just fine. if not, you can starch it, just like a real 'hawk ;)

i don't have the book in front of me, but it appears to be barely fulled anyway. the stitch definition is pretty distinct in the photo. it looks like the strands for the 'hawk are about 4"? so 8" doubled. i suspect you can do that as written. lee

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enigma

Hi Lee, I did a few pieces of fringe like it said to and they flopped over miserably. According to the directions, the wool of the mohawk comes out of the wash all tangled and you're supposed to tear it to bits and end up with this lovely fluffy "do". I tried teasing out the strands (didn't wash it, though), and that failed miserably. So before I went any further, I decided to write to you all for help. Wendy

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myswendy

That is *some* hat, Wendy. ;-)

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Murielle

myswendy wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@g4g2000hsf.googlegroups.com:

did you try making a sample, washing it (hot) & drying in a dryer? the fringes on my acrylic afghan got all matted & look like the mohawk fringe... maybe that would work with the hat? lee

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enigma

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>Anyway, since they didn't want wool near their faces, I am using a>lovely bulky yarn that is 25% wool and 75% acrylic. My problem is with>the mohawk (yes, you read that correctly! LOL!). Is there ANY way to>reproduce the effect with this yarn? Or do I have to spring for>matching yarn in wool for this part of the project?>

Hi Wendy - I read your other post about the yarn not acting like the pattern yarn. I think if it were me (I?) I would knit the hat in wool and line it with a soft thin fabric like silk. Or I'd knit a facing out of something really soft and then fold it to the inside and tack it down.

What a hat!

Alison

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Alison

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> >Anyway, since they didn't want wool near their faces, I am using a> >lovely bulky yarn that is 25% wool and 75% acrylic. My problem is with> >the mohawk (yes, you read that correctly! LOL!). Is there ANY way to> >reproduce the effect with this yarn? Or do I have to spring for> >matching yarn in wool for this part of the project?>

Wow! Now THERE'S an idea! Thanks! Wendy

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myswendy

innews: snipped-for-privacy@g4g2000hsf.googlegroups.com:

oh good idea! Ok, before I try everythng else, I think I'll try that with a sample piece. Thanks! Wendy

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myswendy

Interesting looking hat :D

There's no percentages to give on felting. It depends on how you felt and what you felt. Everything shrinks differently. Shrinking-percetage can be anything between 10% and 50%, usually with pure wool when knit it's about 25% and when doing normal felting, shrinking is usually 20-50%

Johanna

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Johanna Koski

oh my! I had no idea it was that much! hmmmmm....Thanks! Wendy

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myswendy

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