TAM AND MUFF Picture on front cover of book
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TAM AND MUFF Picture on front cover of book
Material: 3 skeins of rug yarn to make Tam and Muff Buy 2 skeins if made separately. Size G crochet hook.
TAM:
Ch. 4 to form ring.
Round 1: Put 8 sc. sts. in ring, join with slip st.
Round 2: 2 sc. sts. in each st. around don’t join mark end of row with safety pin. From here on don’t join unless told.
Round 3: * 1 sc. st. in 1st. 2 sts. 2 sc. sts. in next st. Repeat from * around ending with 1 sc. st. in last st.
Round 4: * 1 sc. st. in first 3 sts., 2 sc. in next st. Repeat from * around ending with 1 sc. st. in last st.
Round 5: * 1 sc. st. in first 4 sts. 2 sc. sts. in next st. Repeat from * around.
Round 6: * 1 sc. st. in first 5 sts. 2 sc. sts. in next st. Repeat from * around.
Round 7: Repeat in this manner watching your increases in the round behind you and increase 1 st. ahead each time. Work through Round 14 (for larger size add more rows).
Round 15: 1 sc. in each st. around.
Round 16: 1 sc. st. in each st. around decreasing 1 sc. st. by working two sts. together in the top of each increase of previous rounds.
Rounds 17, 18, 19: Sc. in each st. around decreasing 1 sc. st. in the st. before your decreases of the last row (5 decreases in each row).
Rounds 20, 21: 1 sc. st. in each st. around.
Round 22: 1 slip st. in each st. around. Tie off yarn. Make Pom Pom to sew on top.
MUFF:
End piece—make two: Chain 20 join with slip st.
Round 1: * 2 sc. in 1st st. of ch., 1 sc. in next st. Repeat from * around. Join with slip st.
Round 2: * 1 sc. in st. 5 sts., 2 sc. sts. in the next st. Repeat from * around. Join with slip st.
Round 3: 1 sc. st. in each st. around. Join with a slip st.
Round 4: * 1 sc. st. in st. 10 sts. 2 sc. sts. in the 11 st. Repeat from * around, ending with 1 sc. st. in the last 2 sts. Join with a slip st. and tie off yarn.
Chain 38 join with a slip st. to form ring.
Round 1: 1 sc. st. in each st. of ch. join with a slip st. Repeat this round for 18 rounds, tie off yarn. Fit the end pieces in the circle and sew together with a sc. st. around the outside edge.
Make two Pom Poms by the pattern for making Pom Poms and attach to top of Muff as shown in picture on the cover.
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