Tell me straight - how does this hat look.

[aggieterpkatie]

Thank you Wannabe.

I'm sitting here a little bit nervous to put it all together for REAL. The hat is still a little bit damp, so I have time to pluck up the courage.

The great thing about felting is if you don't like it you can just pull it off!

 

[Wildsky]

Thank you Wannabe.

I'm sitting here a little bit nervous to put it all together for REAL. The hat is still a little bit damp, so I have time to pluck up the courage.

The great thing about felting is if you don't like it you can just pull it off!

Yep, also its really "art" so anything goes, I just don't want it to look stupid. or gawdy.

I need to start knitting the next one as well. This one has so far taken me 5 days. (granted I did knit 2 hackey sacks for the kids in between )

 

[Wildsky]

I've done a bit, felted down the lines, and it looks really nice - very subdued.

I'll post another picture when its all done. Its tricky working on a hat like this, not the same as felting flat on a foam block.......

 

[Dace]

Very nice....I love it

 

[me&thegals]

I love it!!

 

[murphysranch]

Let me state that I LOVE it! All I would recommend is to make the second leaf (the middle one of the three) slightly narrower. Can you trim it with the scissors a little on the base that is peaking out of the flower petal? Give it more shape and less boxiness?

 

[Wildsky]

Let me state that I LOVE it! All I would recommend is to make the second leaf (the middle one of the three) slightly narrower. Can you trim it with the scissors a little on the base that is peaking out of the flower petal? Give it more shape and less boxiness?

Oops - I'm done now.

I don't like to cut the felted fiber, it creates a sharp edge and I don't really like that, it would be obviously different as well and I'd have to cut them all.

 

[aggieterpkatie]

Looks great!!

 

[tortoise]

I knitted and felted a hat, and want to add a little something to the side of it.

Its a Cloche style, and I needlefelted a few leaves and a flower... a couple of pearl beads sewn into the flower

The parts are all pinned on right now... please tell me how this looks, I hate GAWDY ugly things, to me this looks pretty and slightly understated.

I will be directly needling some very skinny orangy lines in one or two little swirls to kinda connect the pieces etc.

Honestly... how does it look, pick it apart now if you think its ugly, cause those pieces are just pinned on and I can change it.


http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z162/Mikcher/felthat.jpg

I think it looks OLD lady-ish.

ETA: But better than anything I've done with needle felting. Sorry - don't intend to offend. Just being real.

 

[murphysranch]

"I don't like to cut the felted fiber, it creates a sharp edge and I don't really like that, it would be obviously different as well and I'd have to cut them all."

Oh, I didn't know that! Good to learn for when my felting tools arrive and I try to learn something new.