29.8.08

edna walling hat...

i love hats...i love all sorts of hats...at this time of the year i love woolly hats.... given this pattern by a friend who also has hat love, and wears this hat in an array of colours, i had to make one....what a process...... crochet it three times too big for you,
throw it in the washing machine to felt up, and dah dah...you have a woolly bucket hat to die for......so what went wrong....4 times i made this thing....and it just would not felt to fit...it just would not work....in the end, on the fourth attempt, i took to it with the scissors
and cut out a wedge and stitched it back up again by hand.....
not a hat i can wear out for best, but cosy and warm and perfect for on the farm.....i even like the shape it has ended up.....edna walling eat your heart out....she use to garden in a hat just like this.... maybe it will inspire the gardener in me...
grrrrrrr....i hate it when something beats me......maybe one more try in the gorgeous charcoal i soooo wanted it in....
hope you all have a great weekend......

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