How to Knit a Scottish Tam

• 1). Use the smaller needles to cast on 66 stitches. Join in the round.
  
  
• 2). Complete round one by using the purl stitch.
  
  
• 3). Continue the piece by alternately knitting one stitch then purling one stitch, until it measures 1 1/4-inches long.
  
  
• 4). Complete the next round using the purl stitch.
  
  
• 5). Change needles and stitch 11 knit stitches with the larger needles. Place a marker, then knit stitch until the end of the round.
  
  
• 6). Complete the next round by knitting to the marker. Make one stitch by lifting the horizontal thread lying between the needles. Place it onto the left needle. Work the new stitch through the back loop. Knit to the end of the round.
  
  
• 7). Knit the next round.
  
  
• 8). Repeat steps five and six four more times.
  
  
• 9). Purl stitch the next round.
  
  
• 10
  
  Knit the next round.
  
  
• 11
  
  Continue knitting in the next round until two stitches before the marker. Knit the two stitches together, then remove the marker.
  
  
• 12
  
  Repeat steps 10 and 11 for 13 more rounds.
  
  
• 13
  
  Complete the final round by knitting two stitches together until the round is complete.
  
  

Pompom

• 1). Wrap yarn around a 3-inch piece of cardboard.
  
  
• 2). Continue wrapping yarn until desired fullness has been reached.
  
  
• 3). Slide the yarn off the cardboard.
  
  
• 4). Cut a piece of yarn, then tie it tightly to the center of the looped yarn.
  
  
• 5). Cut the ends of the loops and fluff them.
  
  
• 6). Sew the pompom to the top of the tam.