I just finished my second go at making these. I've been using the book Knitted Tams by Mary Rowe for guidance and sometimes charts. These pics are pre-blocking, so they don't have the shape and are not yet evened out.
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Tams - my new addiction
Mar 01, 2007
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BB spun a FINE 'yarn':
Beautiful work, BB! Isn't it funny how we get *addictions* to projects? :D Noreen
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Those are very nice! There is a fulled beret in my que, but I am not going to do anything that fancy!
Simply gorgeous!
VP
Those are really sharp! Isn't it great to have photos of your FO's?
Shelagh
Wow, those are lovely, I especially like the colours of the second one.
Thanks Noreen!
I know why I like making these. Mostly done on circs so no seams and just the last bit is on dpns, fun colorwork, and a project small enough that I actually finish the knitting. Just my cup of tea :)
BB
Thanks Aaron! They really are fun to make. I don't see myself wearing them, but that's not stopping me.
BB
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Thanks!
BB
Thanks Shelagh! The older I get, the more I appreciate photos of anything! :)
BB
Thanks Sue! It's fun seeing how the colors work with each other. In one place, they gray looks blue, in another place, they gray looks pink :)
BB
BB spun a FINE 'yarn':
They're a great project, and you're GOOD at 'em! I like socks and hats for portable on-the-go projects, moebious and shawls for 'at-home' projects..... :D Noreen
WOW! They are GORGEOUS!!!!!! I am SO impressed. I made a beret out of lovely alpaca wool recently but it ended up so large at the edge I had to rip it out and try again. Still came out too large. I should check out that book you used! Lovely, simply lovely. Wendy
Thanks Wendy! This is the book I've been using
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are really much easier to make than I expected them to be. I used the standard size, but the book gives lots of advice about how to alter sizes if necessary.
BB
Dennis
Such lovely work! I'm very impressed. Thank you for sharing.
lisa
Colors many a time `lend` a bit from their neigbour threads and `look` different, mirjam
They remind me of the berets my mother made during the war, they were fashionable and she sold them through the drapers' shop at the bottom of the street. Beautiful things. I always wore them too, with matching mittens.
I still have a pattern from those years, she used one basic pattern and adapted the fair-isle according to the odd yarns she had. It was pin money (should be needle money!) for very hard times.
Mary
They are both just beautiful, BB. Great work.
Hesira
Thanks Dennis! They sure are fun to make.
BB
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