Cairnkinna
THESE TWO hat patterns have been designed by Mary Henderson to enable knitters to use up scraps of 4ply-weight yarn from their stash - Mary’s own samples have been knitted in her favourite yarn, Jamieson & Smith’s 2ply Jumper Weight. Both the fitted beanie and the looser, beret-style tam use the same Fair Isle pattern, but the beanie is worked in four shades while the tam design uses five colours.
SIZE
Tam
Actual head circumference: 52cm (20½in) Beanie
Actual head circumference: 52cm (20½in)
YARN
4ply yarn from your stash
The Tam and Beanie are made using four (or five) shades of Jamieson & Smith 2ply Jumper Weight (4ply weight; 100% wool; 115m per 25g ball), but they will look great in any 4ply yarn!
A Shade FC55; 1 x 25g ball
B Shade FC12; 1 x 25g ball
C Shade FC38; 1 x 25g ball
D Shade 66; 1 x 25g ball
E Shade 142; 1 x 25g ball
TAM
Using 2.75mm needles, yarn A and the long-tail method, cast on 144 sts.
Pm and join to work in the rnd, taking care not to twist sts. nd
Work rnds 1-10 of Tam Chart A for corrugated rib brim.
Change to 3mm needles.
Begin working Tam Chart B:
Inc rnd: Work Rnd 1 of Chart B, AT THE
TENSION
28 sts and 36 rows to 10cm over the Fair Isle pattern using 3mm needles
NEEDLES & ACCESSORIES
Set of 2.75mm double-pointed needles (DPNs) or 40cm circular needles, for Beanie and Tam Set of 3mm DPNs, or 60cm circular needles for Tam, or 40cm circular needles for Beanie Stitch marker
Tapestry needle
25cm dinner plate for blocking, for Tam
SPECIAL ABBREVIATIONS
M1: Make 1 stitch by lifting strand between needles from back to front, knit lifted loop through back of loop.
S2kpo: Slip 2 sts together knitwise, K1, pass slipped sts over.
SAME TIME increasing evenly across the round: (K4, M1) to end. 180 sts.
Cont Chart B, working rnds 2-35.
CROWN DECREASES
Cont working Chart B, beg on Rnd 2 as folls: Rnd 2: *K3, K2tog; rep from * to end.
144 sts.
Work rnds 3–7 of Chart B.
Rnd 8: *K2, K2tog; rep from * to end.
108 sts.
Work rnds 9–17 of Chart B.
Rnd 18: *K1, K2tog; rep from * to end.
72 sts.
Work rnds 19–23 of Chart B.
Rnd 24: *K2tog; rep from * to end.
36 sts.
Work rnd 25 of Chart B.
Change to yarn A.
Next rnd: Knit.
Next rnd: *K1 in yarn D, K1 in yarn A; rep from * to end.
Change to yarn A.
Next rnd: Knit.
Next rnd: *S2kpo; rep from * to end.
12 sts.
Next rnd: *K2tog; rep from * to end.
6 sts.
Cut yarn, leaving an 8cm tail. Draw yarn tail through remaining sts and pull tight.
FINISHING
Weave in ends. Soak in wool wash for 20 minutes, following any yarn care instructions on the ball band, then roll in a towel to squeeze out moisture. Block over a 25cm dinner plate to create the tam shape.