Hat 62: a felted cowboy hat
Is it possible to knit a cowboy hat? That’s been a question bantered about our team for the past few weeks now. One of our mentors always wears a cowboy hat….and we wanted to make him a hat that would suit his personal style.
After checking ravelry and seeing a few crocheted cowboy hats, we expanded the search elsewhere online and found this hat which is knit large and felted.
image source: highcountryknitwear.com
My first stop was to get some Cascade 220 (I used 3 skeins), in our team colours, and cast on. 
This hat took about a day to create. It is loosely knit on very large needles with the yarn held double. Before felting it looks like quite a floppy mess.
After 2 hot washes and cold rinses in the machine it became a nice stiff fabric that had shrunk significantly. I stretched the hat over a small mixing bowl and used clothespins and string to mold the hat into a cowboy hat shape.
After drying it should hold its shape quite nicely. I’m looking forward to the final results!
