Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 21:01:31 -0500 (EST)
From: hlb@wvnvaxa.wvnet.edu
To: knitlist@lst.linkline.com
Subject: Knit:  More patterns



Hiya all,

ICOSH: Some more freebie patterns

[Editor's note: I've split these out into separate files.]


Patterns follow:

Knitted Tam... (From my grandmother's voluminous notes)

Materials: 2 sets of size 4 dpns(or one set of long ones)
           ~ 4 balls of angora, or 1 ball fine mohair (like ironstone- I 
	   used some baruffa which I adopted from Oxfam for 30p )

Gauge: 6sts/inch  8rnds/inch

CO 6 sts, divide on 3 needles, join.
	Round 1: K around
	Round 2: K1 and inc 1 in each st. (12 sts)
	Round 3: *K1, K1 and inc in next stitch. Rep from * around (18 sts)
	Round 4: * K2, K1 and inc in next st. Rep from * around (24 sts)
	Round 5: *K3, K1 and inc. 1 in next st. Rep from * around (30 sts)
	continue to inc 6 sts each round having one more st between inc. in
each successive round until you have 96 sts.
	Knit one round even
	Work one increase round as before
Repeat these two rounds until you have 144 sts.
	Knit 10 rounds even
First dec rd:
	*K 22, K2 tog rep. from * around (138 sts)
second dec. rd:
	*K 21, K2 tog. repeat from * around (132 sts)
Knit 1 round even
*dec 6 sts in each of the next 2 rounds
K1 round even
repeat previous 3 rows one more time (108 sts) bind off LOOSELY

Finishing: Cut 19" piece of elastic.  Work one row of sc (single crochet)
on bound off edge working over elastic, skipping every 4th stitch.  Tie or 
sew elastic to desired head size.  Block over a round piece of cardboard
cut to 9 1/4" (a dinner plate works).  Brush. Wear :)

NB: this pattern would work equally well for kids, just start the decrease
rows when you have many fewer sts on the needles (i would say about 78 or 84-
depending on what size you want the tam to be).  This also works well for
scraps, and looks rather jaunty made up in stripes...(just join in the scrap
and knit until you run out of that color and tie in a new piece).  I have 
made bunches of these and dropped them off at homeless and women's shelters.

[...]



				Regards,
					Annie
hlb@wvnvaxa.wvnet.edu







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This pattern downloaded from Wool Works: the online knitting compendium
http://www.woolworks.org/