Here it is: The beautiful giant red merino wool beret!

Wow, what a beautiful colour!  Another giant felt beret commission! This time it's made from red merino wool.

So many ways to wear a giant felt beret :-) I guess, it's time to make a beret for myself! I would prefer green or blue shades for myself. Anybody else want one? Could be a normal sized beret too. Here you can find more hats on this blog. Just send me an email and I would be happy to create a personalized hand felted beret for you!

A giant shetland wool beret

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. 
 

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. 
 

The first layer of wool

 

Lots of rubbing to help the fibers to interconnect.

 

Felted, but still 58cm wide!

 

The whole for the head

 

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.

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.

Felt workshop in Glasgow: Felt your own bag, beret, vessel or slippers

Felt making is an ancient technique to create a woollen fabric. I love it and like to share my experience and skills with you. Wet felting is a really amazing process, where fluffy sheep's wool turns into a sturdy, but still soft fabric. You can create beautiful items, like decorative objects and wearables and give them your very personal creative and artistic touch.  

Shetland and merino wool felted bag
with needle felted leaf embellishment

 

In this wet felt class for intermediate and advanced felters you will

• create your own made-to-measure pattern

• use a resist to create a seamless bag, beret, vessel or slippers 

• learn about the process of wel felting around a resist to create a hollow felt

• experiment with colours and design

• take home your very personal felt piece 

 Basic experience in feltmaking is essential for this workshop.

 Please bring a towel, a bar of glycerin soap (e.g. pears) and a plastic bag for your finished, but still wet, felted item.

Tea will be provided. Please bring a packed lunch.
 
Venue: 35 Carnarvon Street, Glasgow, G3, (between Charing Cross and St Georges Cross)

Cost: £42 incl. material.    For 4-5 participants only.

Please book in advance to secure your place!

Email: laryna108@gmail.com  Mobile: 07503 210 416  

Felted shetland and merino wool slippers

Wet felted merino wool beret