Using up the last of the white frogged wool. I am not sure if my granddaughter will want to wear this one. I used dark blue for the contrast because her sister supports Carlton AFL and that is their colours.
The pattern is from Cleckheaton 956.
A tam o’ shanter (in the British military often abbreviated to TOS) is a name given to the traditional Scottish bonnet worn by men. The name derives from Tam o’ Shanter, the eponymous hero of the 1790 Robert Burns poem.[1]
This definition is taken from Wikipedia but there is also a definition for a tam worn by women.
The tam was a millinery design for women based on the tam o’ shanter military cap and the beret. Sometimes it was also known as a tam cap or the traditional term tam o’shanter might also be used.[1] It became popular in the early 1920s, when it followed the prevailing trends for closer-fitting hats that suited shorter hairstyles and for borrowing from men’s fashion; other traditional men’s hats that rose to popularity in women’s fashion during this period included the top hat and bowler.[2]
You can read more on this on Wikipedia. I think I can be safe in saying it is a tam.
The pattern was taken from this booklet and I used wool which had been frogged from a previous project that no longer fitted.
The tam is for my youngest granddaughter.
