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Fairy horses tam

Downloadable PDF, English
$2.77
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Fairy horses tam
$2.77
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Product Details

Inspired by the traditional ballad of Tamlin:
But tonight is Halloween
and the fairy folk ride,
Those that would their true love win
at mile's cross they must hide.

First let pass the horses black
and then let pass the brown
Quickly run to the white steed
and pull the rider down

(lyrics from the Fairport Convention version)

Graceful horses, more sinuous than mortal steeds, gallop endlessly around the deep headband of this cosy, double thick, stranded colour tam worked in DK weight wool.

The tam is worked in a heavier weight yarn on the undyed version pictured, this balances the thick headband well, whilst the green model uses DK weight yarn throughout. Either is good, the choice is yours.

Tradition associates the fairy horse with the sound of small bells, my green bonnet is finished with a short 'tail' ending in tiny silver bells.

Please note, the stranded work on this has a lot of unusually long floats. This does require a little more attention than usual to

Craft
Knitting
Designer
Sally Pointer
Format
Downloadable PDF
Language
English
Skill Level
Intermediate
Yarn Weight

DK | Light Worsted

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