Felted Scarf

My very first post on this blog was about knitting my scarf in San Juan. Well I'm home now and it's taken me eons to knit that thing. The yarn, which is TINY mohair and silk, just doesn't knit up at a pace that made me feel like I was ever getting anywhere. But I did finally finish it today--even knitted in a few little glass beads at the end--and have already felted it, which was what I've been waiting for all this time. The thing about that tiny yarn is that when it's felted, it is very light and soft, unlike the thick fabric resulting from using regular wool yarn. It's definitely more expensive at over $14.00 a pop, and like I said It takes forever!
Hours and hours of knitting at every moment I could grab.

Well enough about that. Here's the thing after knitting and before felting:

When I was finished knitting, I scrubbed it in a sink full of hot soapy (baby shampoo) water, agitating (something John thinks I'm good at, by the way) and then dipping the knitted material into icy water, back and forth, until I was satisfied with the amount of felting. I did want to see some of the stitching so I didn't keep going until it was all even. I kind of like the texture when there's a little of the knit left, but it's still felted.

So now it needs to finish drying and then gone over lightly with an iron to make it so it doesn't "roll," and it's done.