Skill Level: Intermediate

Size: One size fits most; tam is 10½“/26cm in diameter

Yarn: Kimmet Croft Fibers Fairy Hare (2oz/56g; 300yds/270m; 40% angora, 60% merino) 1 skein Red

Needles:
* Size 2 (2.75mm) needles double-pointed needles (dpn) and 16” (40cm) circular or size to obtain gauge

Extras:

• Stitch marker
• Waste yarn
• Cable needle (cn)
• Tapestry needle
• 10½“ circle of cardboard or large dinner plate for blocking tam

Blocked Gauge: 20 sts to 4”/10cm in St st using size 2 (2.75) needles

Notes:

1. Tam is worked for hem to center of crown.
2. Tam achieves its distinctive shape by blocking
3. See Techniques, p. 162, for invisible cast-on.