Done

One completed burgundy mohair tam. I tried it on and looked as hideous as I do in any sort of hat. So, I made hubbo put it on and he looked quite good in it, rather Brueggelesque. Of course, he's a mad hatter and would look great in a dunce cap. His comment was, "I don't have to wear that, DO I?" It was a rhetorical question, of course. I'll try another version, but perhaps in a soft merino knit up with a multi-color pattern. Probaby not for the Man of the Place though.

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.