Felting is a bit of a mystery to some of us. In fact at times felting can be the enemy as the hardwork of a handknit sneaks into the washing machine by accident and comes out a stitched shadow of its former self.
The formula behind the art of felting can be tough to get your head around so to make things a little clearer SciFi Knitter has embarked on a mission to show the process of crocheted item to felted thing.
Based on a formula from Sarah Bradberry's book The Any Yarn, Any Size Hat Book the blogger and her crafty assistant put together a cat hat large enough to fit several heads at once. Then, through the magic of felting, they turned it into a hat fit for a human head.
It's a fascinating process to see stage by stage. See the whole thing from starting stitch to fine cat hat on the Scifiknitter blog.
