How to Easily Crochet a Tam
If you find yourself out in the cold with your ears stinging and would love to have a tam handy to slip onto your head, you can crochet this tam in any number of looks with unlimited yarn choices and tuck it into your bag for those unexpectedly cold days. Learning just a couple of basic crochet stitches will enable you to create many varieties of this stylish tam. You can crochet a beautiful tam in a short afternoon by following a simple pattern.
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Instructions
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Make a slipknot with the yarn by forming a circle and pulling a loop through the circle. Insert the hook into the loop of the slip stitch and pull the loop taut. Place the yarn over the hook and pull though the loop on the hook forming one chain stitch. Crochet two more chain stitches.
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Crochet eight double crochets into the third chain stitch from the hook. To double crochet, yarn over and place the needle into the stitch space. Yarn over the hook and pull through two loops on the hook. Yarn over and pull through the last two loops on the hook.
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Chain two stitches. Place one double crochet into the next double crochet stitch of the previous row. Place two double crochet into the next double crochet stitch. Continue the double crochet pattern for the remainder of the row. Slip stitch into the first double crochet, by inserting the hook into the stitch, yarn over and pull the loop through the loop on the hook. Skip the chain two space at the beginning of this row and all other rows.
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Place a double crochet into each of the next two stitches. Place two double crochets into the next stitch. Continue in this pattern for the remainder of the row. Join into first double crochet with a slip stitch and chain two stitches.
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Place a double crochet into each of the next three stitches. Place two double crochets into the next stitch. Continue in this pattern for the remainder of the row. Join into first double crochet with a slip stitch and chain two stitches.
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Place a double crochet into each of the next four stitches. Place two double crochets into the next stitch. Continue in this pattern for the remainder of the row. Join into first double crochet with a slip stitch and chain two stitches.
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Place a double crochet into each of the next five stitches. Place two double crochets into the next stitch. Continue in this pattern for the remainder of the row. Join into first double crochet with a slip stitch and chain two stitches.
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Place a double crochet into each of the stitches of this row. Repeat this pattern for the next five rows. Join into first double crochet with a slip stitch and chain two stitches.
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Place a double crochet decrease stitch into the next two stitches. Do this by inserting the hook into the first stitch, yarn over and pull through. Insert the hook into the next stitch, yarn over and pull through. Yarn over and pull through the three loops on the hook. Place a double crochet into each of the next five stitches. Continue in this pattern for the remainder of the row. Join into first double crochet with a slip stitch and chain two stitches.
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Place a double crochet decrease stitch into the next two stitches. Place a double crochet into the next stitch. Continue in this pattern for the remainder of the row. Join into first double crochet with a slip stitch and chain two stitches.
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Place a double crochet stitch into each stitch. Join into first double crochet with a slip stitch and chain one stitch.
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Place a single crochet stitch into each stitch. Do this by inserting the hook into the stitch, yarn over and pull through. Yarn over and pull through both loops on the hook. Join into first single crochet with a slip stitch and chain one stitch. Cut the yarn leaving a 3-inch tail. Weave the yarn through the stitches of the tam to hide and secure.
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