Felted Flat Top Bowler

Hiya folks. Yeah it's me again. I've been knitting like a possessed woman these past few weeks and havn't had a whole lotta time to post in the ol' bloggaroonie here. Sorry about that (blushing)!

Well, to get ya'll up to speed n such; I've embarked on a major de-stashing project. I have 5, 30 gallon Rubbermaid totes just poppin out all over the place with (gasp) acrylic yarn (mostly redheart) and I just can't see knitting for my entire family, although there are quite a few of em, stuff from this massive stash.
Well, that being said n all, I figured, why not knit some hats n scarves n stuff for the local charity ( Caring Ministries) they usually end up with second hand junk, and I figured this would be a good thing for them. They would get varied different styles of hats and scarves (nothing like tryin new techniques n all that stuff) potholders, dishclothes, etc. etc. the list could go on n on n on, for weeks even.

I've also been quite busy coming up with patterns n such for other things and finishing up as many UFO's as I can before March 1st hits and the SKP2008 sock knitting contest starts. Also I joined up with the sockamania club as well, AND the ADHD knitters "EX" contest. That one will be loads of fun. LOL!!!

So, as you can see, I've been one crazy knotty chica. I did manage to make a mistake into a rather cute pattern for a felted hat though. I was aiming to try to write up a pattern for the knitted version of the fuschia fedora. But alas, everytime I felt it the crown ends up too small or like this last effort, (oi veh) I kinda let it go in the wash a little bit too long and, well, I guess my lil blue eyed angel has a new Easter bonnet. I do have pics of it before it was felted and the dang thing was like humongo bigness. Gotta pay more attention to the wash I guess when I'm felting something and not let it go the full cycle. Well at least I learned something new though huh? Back to the drawing board or the cirx at least.
I did manage to record the video for the needle-less cable for youtube. Here's the link if ya'll would like to take a peek. n all that good stuff. I think it's really kewl.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NX7bK6xlV1U
Or I finally figured out how to embed the darn things LOL!!! How kewl is that???
O, yeah, there's quite a bit of background noise n stuff, cause, well sheesh, for once the kids thought they should be doing the dishes right then. Had to be done, they say. O well!! Who am I to complain when the kids do the dishes. right?

Enjoy the show ya'll. Laters!!!