Jojoland Coil Tam Hat Knitting Pattern

Jojoland Coil Tam

What Is Being Made

The Jojoland Coil Tam is a knitted hat featuring a distinctive textured design created through cluster stitches. This intermediate-level project produces a finished tam with an 8-inch diameter, offering a classic hat silhouette with modern stitch detailing. The design combines ribbed edging with decorative coil clusters that decrease progressively throughout the crown.

Techniques Used

This pattern is worked in the round, a fundamental technique for creating seamless, tubular garments. The tam begins with a cast-on edge and progresses through multiple rounds of knitting without seaming. The construction involves strategic decreases that shape the crown, transitioning from a wider body to a fitted top. Knitters will employ standard circular knitting methods using double-pointed needles, managing stitch counts that decrease from 100 stitches at cast-on to 32 stitches by the crown shaping rounds.

Stitches Used

The Jojoland Coil Tam incorporates several key stitches:

• Knit (k) and Purl (p) stitches form the foundation of the pattern
• Ribbing (k1, p1) creates the elastic edging that measures approximately 1 inch in length
• Cluster stitches serve as the signature textural element. These are created by moving yarn to front, shifting a specified number of stitches from the left needle to the right needle, bringing yarn to back, and shifting stitches back to the left needle—this sequence repeats three times per cluster before a final yarn and stitch manipulation. Cluster variations range from cluster 1 through cluster 6, depending on the round
• Decreases including p2tog (purl two together), k2tog (knit two together), and ssk (slip, slip, knit) shape the tam's crown
• M1 (make one) for increases, referenced in the pattern glossary

Materials and Tools

The Jojoland Coil Tam requires 2 balls of Jojoland Rhythm or Rhythm Superwash yarn, or 1 ball of Jojoland Tonic. The pattern calls for 4mm (U.S. size 5) and 4.5mm (U.S. size 6) double-point needles. The recommended gauge is 6-7 stitches per inch, which contributes to the tam's final 8-inch diameter measurement. This intermediate skill level project suits knitters with experience in circular knitting and stitch manipulation techniques.