mad hatter ?

There are many things I want to try.

I mean : that I want to try making things.

I'm always curious if my craftsmanship

is good enough to create something I see

that someone I admire has done.

Most of the time it's then that you realize that making wonderful things

takes a lot of time and a lot of practice !

Felting wasn't "my baby" in the beginning

but when I realized how it worked, in the way of planning ahead,

I started to like it very much.

But making a felted hat ...

no I hadn't done that,

probably because I like hats, but I think they don't look very good on me .....

So when a friend said she wanted to make her own felted hat

I agreed to give it a try, because I know how it's done ...

Last Monday she came over and we both started making a hat !

It was a fun day, talked a lot,

had lunch ...

and in the end, there really was a hat !

(mine was still in a premature state because my main task was helping her) 

Yesterday I continued where I left off on Monday

I chose the same colours and the same fabric for the "nuno"

as the bag I made some months ago

And after a LOT of serious rolling and gentle throwing

this was the result.

There are still some linen threads visible that I used

to keep things in place during the process.

After it has dried completely I will remove those

and be the proud owner of a homemade hat !

(but no, I don't think I will compete with Alice's Mad Hatter !)