Felting

	Today we felted! It was really fun! The three colours I chose to make my hat – 120g of wool
	Making the first inside layer – small bits all in the same direction. RED!
	Making the first top layer – small bits of wool in the other direction (Mongolian merino wool). I mixed a coral/orange with a pastel pink.
	Make the joins – the orange fluffy bits around the edges felt on to make the hat round.
	Smooshing it all together – with soap and water and lots of hand mushing.
	Rolling it together – squish squish squish (note: the swirls are still in tact!)
	The machine helped a bit – round and round and round and round
		Both sides of my hat – the swirly patterns actually worked! That’s the front. The big purple stripe is the back.
	Cutting open the bottom of the hat so it opens to form a hat! (we put bubble wrap in the middle in place of our head, so as to make a hole in the long run)
		My BIG hat before we shaped it. left: the outside of the hat; right: my hat turned inside out
		After lots of shaping, rolling, kneading and squishing, the hat fits my head! Judge all you like but I like that it covers half of my face. It feels like I’m hiding under it. I can still see – you just can’t see ME!
		The hat drying at home after a good day out! (20,000tugrik for all our wool, help and our hat!)