Folkvang is a classic tam with a couple of twists
Color knitting makes a wonderfully warm fabric, but the yarns that behave the very best in stranded knitting are not very wonderful right against the skin.
I think I’ve solved that problem with the design for the Folkvang tam. The first twist is that it begins with a turned hem, lined with laceweight silk-merino, Bestla (600 m / 100 g, or 656 yards / 3.53 oz). Then, the rest of the hem and hat is knit in Fenris, my pure wool 2-ply fingering (450 m / 100 g, or 492 yards / 3.53 oz).
So you have the warmth and strength of Fenris, but only the soft Bestla touches your forehead.
The other twist is the color knitting. I’ve admired Bohus knitting for a very long time, and this design draws its inspiration from the Bohus tradition.
Bohus designs are often asymmetric in the direction of knitting, so motifs don’t have a center that they repeat around. During swatching, I did away with that, settling on a simple square pattern with repeated rounds. The important thing that I kept from traditional Bohus is purl stitches in the colorwork. That is what really makes the design, and I am a bit in love with the way that purling makes the background colors mix together:
To celebrate the release of the pattern, is is 50% off until Sunday November 26th at my Ravelry store.
And, the first 25 to comment below get a free copy of the pattern.
Looking for Folkvang knitting kits? They’re at my Etsy store!
Love this Tam…looking forward to the knitting…fine yarn with small gauge needles…my happy place!
I love your new Folkvang Tam pattern!
Interesting design!
Love the design and am wondering how the slouchy hat would look on my head. I usually knit hats to fit size 20” head because I like hats snug around my face but then slouchy.
Think I will order the kit but it’s hard to choose which colors since I like them all!
Beautiful and creative- love it!!
so pretty and this looks like a great way to use some leftovers from previous projects. total win-win
Lovely design! This would be my first time knitting a Bohus pattern, and also first time knitting a tam. Maybe it’s time I tried something new!
Beautiful colors and a lovely design. I think I’m in love 🙂
Very pretty design 🙂
Very very pretty
I love this pattern – great stuff!
Gorgeous!
This is such a beautiful design. I have never seen anything like it before. I must cast on!!!
Beautiful design, I would like to try it.
Beautiful design!
This is gorgeous! I love the modern take on colourwork!
It’s really an interesting pattern, almost vintage looking
Interesting pattern… The hat looks super cool 🙂
I was just looking to try a color-work tam and this fits the bill! Thanks for the design
What a beautiful pattern, I love it!
This is so beautiful and unique! Love it!
lovely pattern, modern and has a nice visual rhythm
So unique! Love it.
Oh, I’m sorry to have missed this beauty. Will try to catch up. 🙂