Description

The Espalier Tam is festooned with architectural twisted stitches akin to the source of its name, the garden practice used to train trees, shrubs, or woody vines into a sometimes flat, decorative configuration not normally formed by nature itself. Knit this tam in the round if you love Bavarian stitch patterns with just a touch of lace. It’s a member of the Homegrown Hat Collection, naturally.

Finished Measurements

18 (21.5)” [ 46 (54.5) cm] circumference
9.5” [ 24 cm] diameter at widest point

Materials

• Fingering weight yarn, approx 200 yds [183 m]
• US size 3 [3.25 mm] 16” circular needle and set of five dpn or size needed to achieve gauge
• Cable needle
• Stitch marker
• Yarn needle

Gauge

28 sts & 35 rnds = 4” [10 cm] in Chart A patt, after blocking

Skills Used

Cables, lace, decreases, knitting in the round

Yarns used: Bare Naked Wools Stone Soup Fingering in Pumice (left), Quince & Co Tern in Columbine (right)

Construction

Worked from the ribbed brim to the crown in the round