Directions for THE NEW RUFFLE SWEATER AND TAM

Materials:

10 Skeins LION BRAND Shetland Floss; 1 Pair Knitting Needles, No. 10; 1 Pair Knitting Needles, No. 5.

Directions:

Back: Cast on No. 10 needles 150 sts., k. popcorn st. for 8 inches. Change to No. 5 needles, decrease to 80 sts. and k. until back measures 18 inches from bottom. Add on 65 sts. at each end for sleeves and k. for 5 inches more. This finishes back.

Front: K. 95 sts., bind off the next 20 sts. for neck. Slip the 95 sts. just knitted on a spare needle; on the remaining 95 sts. k. one front after the following directions: K. 4 ribs or 8 rows, then add 1 st. at neck end every other rib until the sleeve is finished, having as many ribs on front of sleeve as there are on back. Bind off the 65 sts. added on for sleeve and k. for 2 inches more, still increasing at front. Slip these sts. on a spare needle. Take the first 95 sts. from spare needle and k. the same.

Now take all sts. on needle and k. until as long as back. Change to No. 10 needles and increase to 150 sts. and work popcorn st. for 8 inches, bind off.

Cuffs: Pick up sts. with No. 10 needles and increase on each st., work popcorn st. for 5 inches, bind off.

Finish neck with ribbon holes for ribbon.

POPCORN STITCH

First Row—Knit.

Second Row—Purl.

Third Row—Knit the first st., then k. 2 sts. together throughout the entire row.

Fourth Row—* Knit 1 st., k. a st. on the thread between the sts., repeat from star across row.

Repeat these 4 rows for the popcorn st.

DIRECTIONS FOR TAM

Materials:

4 Skeins LION BRAND SHETLAND Floss; 1 Crochet Hook, No. 4.

Directions:

Ch. 3 sts., turn, skip 1 st., and 6 s. c. in next st.

Second Row—2 s. c. in each st.

Third Row—* 1 s. c. in 1 s. c., 2 s. c. in next st., repeat from star, having 6 mitres of 2 s. c. with 1 s. c. between each mitre in round.

Fourth Row—* 1 s. c. in each of 2 sts., 2 s. c. in next st., repeat from star to end of round.

Repeat fourth round, having 1 more s. c. between each of the 6 mitres of 2 s. c. in each round until top 14 inches across. Then 4 inches with 1 s. c. in each st. This finishes top.

Band: 1 s. c. and skip 1 s. c. and 1 s. c. in next st. Repeat all around. Then 1 s. c. in each st. until band measures 4 inches, or width required.

Make pompom and sew on top of tam.

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