Fulled Wool Hat

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felt, fulling, hat, millinery, wool yarn

Fulling is a variation of felting that uses knit or woven fibers rather than loose fibers. For this hat, I knitted 2 strands of worsted weight wool with eyelash and feather yarns. The decorative yarns were used to create interesting surface variation in texture, color change, and reflection of light.

Dye Your Wool with Kool-aid

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dye, felt, wool batt

kool-aid dyed wool for felting

Dying wool with Kool-aid is non-toxic, fun, and smells great. You can find a variety of detailed instructions on the internet for dying wool yarn and wool batts in your microwave and on the stove. I especially like the information and color charts at dyeyouryarn.com. Above are sample pieces of corriedale wool I dyed with Kool-aid on my stove top.