Surprisingly, it works quite well.

Do you have an old speaker grill cloth lying around?
In a pinch you could also use those little earphone covers from an old pair of headphones. You don't need a large area. Even a 1" square will work.

Try any type of open weave fabric. Some will work better than others, and still not destroy your hi end.

a crossstich hoop and the pantyhose

yes it works
yes the more effect and the more it steals your top end

use better mic technique
it's all a trade off

Kev wrote: use better mic technique

Ahh, good. Now that's what I was getting at :D What would you suggest that I do with the mic?

again it's all a trade off

you need the performance and you don't want to singer concentrating on the technique and forget the performance

it's all about NOT blowing into the mic
so a simple turn across/beyond the end of the mc

pulling back and redirecting can make a great difference

this all helps and can help the compressor not get overly triggered
then allows you to pull back on the compressor setting and still keep inside the headroom

many time the obvious stuff does work
finding the balance is where ALL the skill is
and it comes from experience

reading and talking about it is good
BUT
get out there and DO IT
practice
trial and error
do it again
learn

I can't sing
but I do get on the mic with the headphones and make horrible noises
!!!!!!!
same goes for playing the instruments

recording a pop song can be much about telling a lie
finding just the right way to do it is the secret

think of popular movies
there are NOT documentaries

and even the documentaries are getting more and more stylized and skilled at the using the medium

"I can't sing but I do get on the mic with the headphones and make horrible noises !!!!!!! same goes for playing the instruments "

Man, I know the feeling.
Clickety hummmna whooOOOooOOoo, beats muso's tapping the mic grill with two fingers any day.

Don't buy pantyhose. Use the kneehighs. They're much more comfortable.....I mean, less wasteful. I would use them both....on the cross stitch hoop. It could also be your technique. You want to sing across the angled edge of the mic not directly into it.

Yeah I think that it might have been my positioning. I kind of had to sacrifice perfect positioning to be able to use the pop filter. The arm on the filter isn't really that long so I think I had to put the mic down a few inches, and most likely ended up singing more straight in than I should have even though the mic was tilted. I don't get to track this kind of stuff that often, I really only got a small shot at it today because my parents went shopping leaving me home alone, which happens very rarely because my dad usually picks up the groceries on his way home from work. Anyway, this was fun though. It was as much an experiment for me as it was for my gear. Always fun to test your limits.