Swifts by Sue Beard

Swifts

Knitting
November 2022
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
28 stitches and 30 rows = 4 inches
in stranded stockinette in the round on 3.25mm after blocking
US 2 - 2.75 mm
US 3 - 3.25 mm
230 - 383 yards (210 - 350 m)
Finished sizes at the brim, unstretched, 45 cm (49 cm, 49 cm, 52 cm) / approx. 17 ¾” (19 ¼”, 19 ¼”, 20 ½”
English
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This tam pattern celebrates the European Swift wheeling over the English countryside in summer, an iconic sight and sound. I have chosen a monochrome palette for this tam; you could use bright or muted colours. Instructions are given for four sizes, to fit small, medium narrow, medium wide, or large. The narrow and wide sizes refer to how full the tam part of the hat is. This tam is roomy and warm.

1 or 2 balls of each colour, depending upon size. Sample shown in 104 Natural White and 126 Charcoal.

Small, medium narrow, medium wide, large, to fit head circumferences 54 cm (58 cm, 58 cm, 62 cm) / approx. 21 ¼” (23”, 23”, 24 ½”) at the brim. Finished sizes at the brim, unstretched, 45 cm (49 cm, 49 cm, 52 cm) / approx. 17 ¾” (19 ¼”, 19 ¼”, 20 ½”.

This pattern has been tech edited but not test knit except by me.