Well, almost. I still have to decide about the felting, the name stitching, to line or not to line and the hangers. But, the bulk of the work is done. Now what?
I don't think it's necessary to line it, and as for felting... if you were planning on felting it before starting to knit, you would knit it very loose on needles that are too big otherwise, to give the stitches room to shrink. I'm not sure how the fabric will turn out if you felt it when knit regular. It might be bumpy, buckling and irregular. It might not maintain a nice shape. Having never done it, I can't say. Certainly felt a similarly knit swatch first, a relatively large one.
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I don't think it's necessary to line it, and as for felting... if you were planning on felting it before starting to knit, you would knit it very loose on needles that are too big otherwise, to give the stitches room to shrink. I'm not sure how the fabric will turn out if you felt it when knit regular. It might be bumpy, buckling and irregular. It might not maintain a nice shape. Having never done it, I can't say. Certainly felt a similarly knit swatch first, a relatively large one.
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