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Product Details
Named for a village on the island of Westray, Orkney Islands, the Pierowall Tam is worked in the Fair Isle technique. With a 13.5-inch (34 cm) diameter, this is an oversized tam that provides a large canvas for the colored stitch patterns.
It begins with the Old Norwegian Cast-on (aka German Twisted Cast-on), which provides a firm yet elastic, non-curling base for the corrugated ribbing, then expands into alternating bands of peeries and large patterns, before decreasing into an 8-sided wheel.
The charts for this pattern use Mary Rowe’s notation for designating the colors. This system allows for easy color substitution if the knitter chooses a different palette. A color printer is not required to produce the easy-to-read charts.
To finish, 3 buttons are sewn to the ribbing for a dash of style.
Techniques Used:
• Decreases: k2tog, s2kp
• Increase: M1L (make one left)
• Knit, purl
• Old Norwegian Cast-on
• Stranded knitting
Yarn:
Fingering/sock/4 ply/1
- Brand
- Independent Designer
- Craft
- Knitting
- Designer
- Carla Pera
- Format
- Downloadable PDF
- Language
- English
- Yarn Weight
Fingering
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