ok, so I half jocked it - Soaked it in water for the night - loosend it up a bit with a light beating - then wore it dry for the day - total time was only two days, spent in a little more haste than i wanted, however the end result turned out to my liking - later I may re-soak and reshape it because when I hung it to dry it dried a little bit to much before I could get at it to mold it so it created some wrinkly lumps - however not enough to terribly bother me at the moment, i can worry about it on my next day off



btw here is the pic from my webcam- i just got home from work so the light is poor as its almost midnight -





Iain