FRESH SNOW
A CLASSIC ARAN TAM
(Version 1.0)
BY CHERYL TOY
LITTLECHURCH
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FRESH SNOW
A PICTURE
A CLASSIC ARAN TAM
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(Version 2.0)
BY CHERYL TOY
FINIS H E D M E A SU R E ME N T S : SPECIAL STITCHES:
(Hat is designed with 1-1/2” negative ease) S INCREASE STITCHES:
(M, L) for head circumference 20 (22, 24-3/4)” M1L: Make 1 left-leaning stitch by picking up running strand between sts
from front to back; knit through the back loop.
SUGGE ST E D YA R N :
Patons Classic Wool Worsted (100% Wool; M1R: Make 2 right-leaning stitch by picking up running strand between
100g/210 yds) "Aran" #00202 sts from back to front; knit through the front loop.
NEEDL E S: TAM
US 6, 4.00mm; Circular needle with min. 40” Provisional Case On: With waste yarn, CO 102 (114, 126) sts. Join for your
cable (for Magic Loop), 5 double-pointed preferred method of knitting in the round, placing marker for BOR. (For a
needles (for shaping and edging, or for video tutorial on working the Magic Loop Method, please see
multiple-needle technique) littlechurchknits.com/tutorials/). Knit 4 rnds even in waste yarn.
Continue in project yarn:
NOTIO NS:
Divide sts into 6 sections by placing removable markers every 17
Removable stitch markers, 1 distinctive for
BOR, tapestry needle for weaving in ends. (19, 21) sts. Work chart rows 1 – 53 (55, 57), following RED border
for size small, GREEN border for size medium and PINK border for
GAUG E : size large, until 6 sts remain in rnd.
22 sts and 32 rows = 4”/10 cm in stockinette st Next rnd: K2tog, k 2, k2tog.
after blocking. Over remaining stitches, work 5 rows in I-cord as follows:
* DO NOT TURN your work, rather, slide the stitches to the other
PATTER N S UPPORT: end of a double-pointed needle.
Please email [email protected] for Drawing the working yarn snugly across the back of the work,
fastest results.
knit the stitches. *
Repeat from * to * until 5 rows have been worked.
NOTES:
Bind off. End off.
~Hat is worked in the round upward from a
EDGING:
provisional cast on.
With circular needle, pick up sts from provisional cast on, snipping away
~I-cord edging is applied after hat is com-
waste yarn. With dpn’s, CO 4 sts. *Slide sts to the other end of the needle,
plete.
as for I-cord. Working yarn should be flowing from the left end of the
newly cast on sts and across the back of the work. Drawing the working
yarn snugly across the back of the work: *k3, slip the next st (as if to purl),
pick up and knit 1 st from hat edge, psso.* Repeat from * until all sts have
been consumed. Carefully stitch I-cord edges together.
FINISHING: Weave in ends and wet block to dimensions.
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STANDARD ABBREVIATIONS
K: Knit
P: Purl
St(s): Stitch(es)
K2tog: Knit 2 stitches together
P2tog: Purl 2 stitches together
Tog: together
Beg: Beginning
BOR: Beginning of round
CO: Cast on
Dec: Decrease
Inc: Increase
Pm: Place marker
Sm: Slip marker
Rnd(s): Round(s)
Sl: Slip
Skp: Slip 1 stitich, knit 1 stitch, pass slipped
stitch over
Ssk: Slip 1 stitch, slip a second stitch, knit these
two slipped stitches together
St st: Stockinette stitch
WS: Wrong side
RS: Right side
Wyib: With yarn in back
Wyif: With yarn in front
YO: Yarn over
Tbl: Through back loop
Rep: Repeat
Cn: Cable needle
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Knit into the front, then back, then front
of next st. Turn. P 3. Turn. Sl 2 knit-wise,
k 1, pass 2 sl sts over.
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