Tam It All to Heck!

Well, it's here. :) My first design has been tested, and now I unleash the pattern o' doom onto the masses.


Tam It All to Heck!

N/9.00mm hook or size needed for gauge
Worsted weight yarn (designed with red heart) 1 skein

gauge- 3 rnds=3.5" across without stretching

Notes- In rounds 9, 11, and 13, treat each ch in the ch2 as a stitch (work a st in them just as you would the st next to them). Also, no
blocking should be necessary to get it to look right... it's a slouchy tam thing, after all. :D

Special stitch: tr2tog- YO, insert hook, YO, draw loop through, YO, draw through 2 loops on hk, YO, insert hook, YO, draw loop through,
YO, draw through 2 loops on hk, YO, draw through all 3 loops on hk (decrease made)

Ch 5, join with slst to form ring

Rnd 1.- Ch 3, 9 dc in ring, join with slst to top of Ch 3 (10 dc)
Rnd 2.- Ch 3, 1 dc in same st as joining, 2 dc in each dc around, join with slst to top of Ch 3 (20 dc)
Rnd 3. (work in bk lps only)- ch 3, 1 dc in same st as joining, 1 dc in next st, *2 dc in next st, 1 dc in next st. Repeat from * around,
join with slst to top of Ch3 (30 dc)
Rnd 4. (work in bk lps only)- Ch 3, 1 dc in same st as joining, 1 dc in next 2 st, *2 dc in next st, 1 dc in next 2 st. Repeat from * around,
join with slst to top of ch3 (40 dc)
Rnd 5. (work in bk lps only)- Ch 3, 1 dc in same st as joining, 1 dc in next 3 st, *2 dc in next st, 1 dc in next 3 st. Repeat from * around,
join with slst to top of ch3 (50 dc)
Rnd 6. (work in bk lps only)- Ch 4, 1 tr in same st as joining, 1 tr in next 4 dc, *2 tr in next dc, 1 tr in next 4 dc. Repeat from * around,
join with slst to top of ch4 (60 tr)
Rnd 7. (work in bk lps only)- Ch 4, 1 tr in same st as joining, 1 tr in next 5 st, *2 tr in next st, 1 tr in next 5 dc. Repeat from * around,
join with a slst to top of ch4 (70 tr)
Rnd 8. (work in bk lps only)- Ch 4, 1 tr in next st and in next 4 st, (ch 2, sk 2 st, 1 tr in next 5 st) 9 times, ch 2, join with a sl st
to top of ch 4. (50 tr, 10 ch2 sp)
Rnd 9. (work in bk lps only)- Ch 4, 1 tr in same st as joining, 1 tr in next 6 st, *2 tr in next st, 1 tr in next 6 st. Repeat from * around,
join with slst to top of ch 4 (80 tr)
Rnd 10. (work in bk lps only)- Ch 4, 1 tr in next st and in next 5 st, (ch 2, sk 2 st, 1 tr in next 6 st) 9 times, ch 2, join with a sl st
to top of ch 4. (60 tr, 10 ch2 sp)
Rnd 11. (work in bk lps only)- ch 4, 1 tr in same st as joining, 1 tr in next 7 st, *2 tr in next st, 1 tr in next 7 st. Repeat from * around,
join with slst to top of ch 4 (90 tr)
Rnd 12. (work in bk lps only)- Ch 4, 1 tr in next st and in next 6 st, (ch 2, sk 2 st, 1 tr in next 7 st) 9 times, ch 2, join with a sl st
to top of ch 4. (70 tr, 10 ch2 sp)
Rnd 13. - Ch 4, 1 tr in next st and in next 2 st, tr2tog, *1 tr in next 4 st, tr2 tog. Repeat from * around, join with a slst to top of
ch 4. (75 tr)
Rnd 14. - Ch 4, 1 tr in next st, tr2tog, (1 tr in next 2 st, tr2 tog) 18 times, tr in next 3 st, join with a slst to top of ch 4 (57 tr)
Rnds 15 + 16. - Ch 2, hdc in next st and each st around, join with a slst to top of ch 2 (57 hdc each round)
Fasten off, weave in ends.

Much much love to Michelle of Michelle's Stitchwitchery for testing this out for me. I hope she doesn't mind me using this picture, but her little girl just looks so adorable in the finished product. :)

Thanks again, doll. You rock.

If you have any problems or questions, feel free to email me
This is a free pattern, and feel free to make as many as you want for yourself, your friends and family, to sell in your Etsy shop, whatever. Just don't steal the credit for the pattern, okay? :)