CraftFail

FAILFELT: the teeny tiny skully cap

June7

by Heather from DollarStoreCrafts.com

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From: Amy T.
Subject: FAILFELT

Message Body:
Long, long ago, I bought neon pink and neon green yarn thinking, “This will make a great robot hat!” Several months later when I had finally finished all necessary knitting projects before I could devote time to it, I decided instead to make it a skull and crossbones hat. The pattern was a mish-mash between the pattern for the felted “God Save the Queen” hat in “Pretty in Punk” and the skull and crossbones fair isle pattern featured in “Son of Stitch ‘n Bitch”. I had successfully knit and felted two hats previously using the same kind of yarn with the “God Save the Queen” hat as a basis, so of course this one would be no problem at all, right? Wrong. I’m no good at fair isle and my first attempt at knitting it was too small to even fit on my head prior to felting. So I frogged and started again. I thought I had something and instead of doing the logical cautious move of felting by hand, I machine-felted (the method I had successfully used with two other hats). The results were a hat that no human could wear. Hopefully neon skully hat mk III will be a success.

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7 Comments to

“FAILFELT: the teeny tiny skully cap”

On June 7th, 2010 at 5:42 pm Leslie Says:
Just a thought, try knitting your Fair Isle from the back, your tension loosens up amazingly. Seems weird, but it works…
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On June 8th, 2010 at 8:13 am Jeri Says:
You cat seems to be an unwilling model? LOL
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On June 8th, 2010 at 9:18 am RB Says:
Check it out on lolcat! http://cheezburger.com/View/3611074048
On June 8th, 2010 at 7:06 pm amy Says:
I love this hat! I had to laugh at it on your cat, and know my cats and dogs do not like my craft fails nearly as much as your cat does!
On June 10th, 2010 at 9:53 am kc Says:
Hahahaha LMAO that poor kitty looks as mortified as my dog when I dress her up……
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On June 12th, 2010 at 7:31 am Fanboy Wife Says:
Am I the only one who can’t see the picture?
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On June 13th, 2010 at 2:35 pm val Says:
haha! your cat looks like he needs a drink!