Tam-ptation
I couldn't resist anymore. After seeing posts of tams knit by Susan Wittig Albert on her blog, getting the latest holiday news with tam-wearing models on the cover, and discovering an easy-peasy recipe in one of my knitting books..... well, I decided I'd take the cosmic hint and try one as a gift. It is holiday knitting time, after all, and I have nieces - oh, so many nieces.
This pattern is for an advanced beginner. I can handle that. I did wonder why the "destructions" didn't mention anything about joining the cast-on stitches to knit in the round, but hey, I can punt. It called for a 16 inch circular needle. I had a 13 1/2. So far so good, right? Wrong. The 13" cable is far too long to join the stitches in the round. Grrrr. Was this pattern written by an advanced beginner? I ask you. So, I put the stitches on three dpns, and started knitting . After getting the K1P1 band taken care of and increasing until my dpns couldn't hold anymore stitches, I switched to the aforementioned circular needles. It's gone relatively well ever since.
More later after I get a bit more done on this burgundy mohair tam.
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Christmas,
gifts,
Non-sock,
tams,
Testimonials
1 comment:
I've had to make notes in my pattern about when to go from dpns to circs and back to dpns again, 'cause I keep forgetting. And I'm having trouble with the little ziggy at the join, where you go to the next round. I can see it, and can't seem to figure out how to disguise it. But hey, my nieces (and the grandson who begged for a tam) will never notice. Enjoy your cosmic tam!--Susan Albert
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