Thursday, February 19, 2015

Headbands for Alexis


Twisted Headband
What do you do when one of your favorite people call and asks you to make her some headbands to keep her warm while she walks to her college classes?  You search Pinterest,  Ravelry and all over for patterns that would be easy enough for me to make and cute enough for her to like. I sent her lots of pictures and actually video chatted while shopping at the yarn store. If I was going to make something, I wanted to make sure she would like it, and actually wear it. This is the first one I made.

Materials
Worsted weight yarn
Size 8 (5mm) needles, and a spare needle

Cast on 20 stitches
Work knit 1 purl 1 ribbing until half the length of the diameter of your head (approx. 9").

Put the first 10 stitches on a spare needle and hold them to the front of your work. 

K1 P1 to end of the row. 

Put the first 10 stitches back onto the needle and K1 P1 to end of row.

Work knit 1 purl 1 ribbing until desired length. Cast off stitches, and sew the two ends together, and weave in yarns ends. 


Finished size: approx. 18" x 3"













Basic Headband with Flower

Materials
Approx 90 yds of bulky weight yarn 
US Size 9 knitting needles. 

Cast on 12 stitches 

Row 1: K2 P2  

Row 2: P2 K2

Repeat these two rows until band measures 19” from beginning to end. 

Bind off. Sew ends together to form a ring.

Embellish however you see fit, a flower, several flowers or even a button or two.


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