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| Giant Shetland wool beret |
End of April I received an order to felt another even bigger Shetland wool beret: 48cm in diameter! Wow, what a great challenge!
Last Autumn I had felted a light brown Shetland wool beret with 38cm in diameter as a commission for The Beret Project in New Zealand.
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The 38cm in diameter Shetland wool beret
for "The Beret Project" in New Zealand. |
I love Shetland wool and was feeling excited. The resist for this 48cm in diameter beret was 57cm in diameter, as there is a lot of shrinkage for a felted piece.
I then felted my biggest ever Shetland wool beret with 48cm in diameter! I layered out 3 layers of wool for each side and felted the beret with warm water, soap and friction.
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| The first layer of wool |
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| Lots of rubbing to help the fibers to interconnect. |
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| Felted, but still 58cm wide! |
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| The whole for the head |
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| So, get it to shrink! Rolling, rolling, rollng! |
It was hard work at the end to waulk and shrink the beret into a sturdy fabric.
The hat band was felted separately and sewn on by hand.
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| It's done: 48cm and a sturdy, stiff fabric ! |
Now, there are 100 ways to wear this giant beret. Here are just 3 of them, modeled by myself!
After a 10 days journey in a parcel, the giant beret arrived safely in its destination in the U.S.A.
I the meantime I received another commission for a giant beret, same size and in red merino wool. Post follows soon.
