Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Hand knit Trellis Tam

Trellis slouchie tam,
 Knit on #9 circular needles, 
Yarn is single ply, Cascade Pastaza, one 100gm skein, 50% Llama / 50% wool

Cast on 64 stitches (cast on over#9+#4, holding two needles together) this gives the edge a little more ease,
K2,P2 for 5 rows
6th row cable the k2 sts and increase by adding a purl stitch (P1,m1P, P) see photo below
7th row    k2, P3 around. You now have 80 sts.
8th row.    Knit a row around knitting what you see. ( K2, P3). 
9th row.      Cable row  (see photo). Move purl stitches between the knits (16 cables)
10th row.    Knit. Around/. K1, P2, K1, P1, K1