Wolf River
A Textured Slouchy Tam with Cabled Brim

Wolf River
$1.99 USD

Wolf River is part of the Apple Collection of loose slouchy beanies in cashmere and wool blends. It is made using a luxurious mixture of cashmere and wool in a chunky gauge. The brim has an easy mock cable stitch and the main body of the loose beanie has a textured diagonal stitch which decreases neatly to the crown. The crown can be adorned with a large pompon as a tam or left without any adornment as a loose slouchy beanie.

This design is also available scaled down for a less bulky yarn and tighter gauge.See the

Faolan pattern for details.

Size
Small (Medium, Large). Shown here in size Medium.
To Fit Head circumference: 50 (55, 61) cm or approx 20 (22, 24) inches.
Actual Brim Measurement: 45 (50, 56) cm or approx 17.75 (19.5, 22) inches.

Gauge
14 sts x 22 rows = 10cm/4 inches on Brim and Main Body

Materials
Yarns
Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Chunky 55% merino wool 33% Microfibre 12 % Cashmere, 65m per 50g.
2 (2, 3) balls #009 Grey

Needles
7 mm or 8 mm dpns or circular needles or needle size to achieve gauge.

Notions
1 darning/wool needle for weaving in ends
Card for making pompons or pompon maker

Skills used
Knitting in the round, knit and purl sts, simple decreases, twisted stitches.