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turd
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wildthing
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thats really neat! my sister crochets. she can make some cool stuff. hats, huge blankets,skarfs.... all that good stuff. its great to know how to do all of that. good skill to have. 
I tried to crochet once and didnt have the pacints for it.
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wow thats wild (no pun inteneded) good sutff
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Drummer Dave
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Thats great Turd, well done. Good skill to have. Cheers.
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turd
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Thanks all
I doubled the thickness by stitching a second layer over the first one. It should be really warm and wind proof too, plus it's %100 wool
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Survivor Kid 909
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Sweet Turd that is really cool! How long did it take you to make that?
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ColdSoul
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Very nice! I need a wool beanie!
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turd
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It took three or four days to make
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flashlightfreak9
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Good job. 
Glad you learned how to crochet.
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> Thats not to bad turd, sittin around the fire, or camp, gives you something to do & wear after its done.
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flashlightfreak9
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Hey turd, can you give us the directions on how to make it?
You could make another thread titled: How to make a Homemade Wool Hat.
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turd
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Heres how to knit and heres how the crochet
All I did to make it, was to crochet in a spiral, if I wanted it to be flat then I would add a stitch now and then and if I wanted it to start to go rounder I would stop adding stitches or even skip a stitch. After I made most of it I started to double it up by stitching over it, starting in the center and working my way outward
If I decide to make another I'll put up a tutorial
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Turd your very talented and I like how you set yourslef to do this and actually finished it. Its a great hat.
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Drummer Dave
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It's now " Turd, the wooly one "  
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Daffy
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turd is that you in the 2nd pic? I don't think i've ever seen a picture of you.
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Askdamice
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Turd in that second pic you kind of look like Snowplow Man from the movie, Snowday
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turd
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Yep
I think I have my pic up in the photo shoot
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turd
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I don't think I've seen that one
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flashlightfreak9
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| | Heres how to knit and heres how the crochet
All I did to make it, was to crochet in a spiral, if I wanted it to be flat then I would add a stitch now and then and if I wanted it to start to go rounder I would stop adding stitches or even skip a stitch. After I made most of it I started to double it up by stitching over it, starting in the center and working my way outward
If I decide to make another I'll put up a tutorial
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So, you didn't use a pattern? 
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Askdamice
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wool is no good anyway they basically torture the sheep/lambs in order to get it. look into the wool industry you will see what i mean.
c- for effort though. nice try. |
Are you sure about that Jax? Not to be confrontational... but where are your resources coming from. When I was deciding to make the switch from synthetics to wool I did alot of research and found only good things about the wool growers. Among the best treated livestock in the farm industry, wool producing sheep and milking cows were getting the "royal" treatment. Well kept healthy sheep give heathly wool... these animals are groomed and fed the best in diets. Australia has led the way in high quality wool. Cotton and especialy synthetics take a lot of energy to process while wool seems to be quite easily manipulated after harvesting. The main focus is breading good wool growers and not letting the gene pool get too "shallow". Much like the racehorse industry. There are a few isolated cases of mistreatment but this is reflected in the wool's quality and soon weeded out by routine testing. If you have any articles on the mistreatment of animals, I'd like to be pointed toward them... I'm very much into getting all the info on important subjects to me. 
Here's a little quote from a government site..
"Wool is truly a renewable resource. Sheep produce this unique fiber through the conversion of natural resources, which might otherwise be wasted. In an age when quality, value and ecological concerns are paramount in the minds of consumers, wool offers the perfect answer--a natural, renewable fiber with exceptional performance."
Rick
Ps. As a Canadian... I see hats like Eric's all the time (Kind of a Canadian winter standard issue) so there is nothing GAY about it to me... and if I'm wrong... well that would explain my impecable diction and keen eye for colour.
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