Fans of Downton Abbey’s amazing fashions, rejoice!

Just in time for holiday gift-knitting, A Head For Trouble: What To Knit While Catching Crooks, Chasing Clues, and Solving Murders (20 Hats & Adornments Inspired by Lady Detectives of the Roaring Twenties) was released in October, 2014. It is available in both electronic and paperback format both here and on my website: www.julieturjoman.com

Knit something special for your inner flapper!

Verity Browne, a sleuth created by author David Roberts, is a mass of contradictions, and a complex protagonist for a mystery series. She’s a card-carrying Communist journalist with a rich daddy and a British Lord for a love interest. Her radical leanings are tested by the real-life political events that color the background of her 1930s historical mysteries.

This tam, with its densely knit color work band, provides fashionable cover whether dodging bullets or speaking up for the oppressed.

P. 58: To clarify the Decrease instructions:
Once you have placed the markers and worked the first Dec rnd, you will repeat the decreases immediately after slipping each marker every other round as follows:
S2kp, knit # of sts indicated for your size, sl m; rep from to end of rnd.

SIZES:
S (M, L) Fits head circumference 19-20 (21-22, 22-23)“ 48.5-51 (53.5-56, 56-58.5) cm. Shown in size Small.

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS:
Brim Circumference: 16½ (18½, 19¾)“ 42 (47, 50) cm

MATERIALS:
Black Bunny Fibers BFL DK 220 yds (201 m)/3.5oz (100g), 100% Blue Faced Leicester wool)
Color A: Pollen. 1 skein.
Color B: Iris. 2 skeins.
US Size 6 (4 mm) 16” circ needles and set of 4 or 5 double-pointed needles, or size needed to obtain correct gauge
Tapestry needle
Stitch markers