Say goodbye to dodgy hat hair with this easy-knit headband, ideal for those mornings when it’s still a bit chilly out, but not quite winter woollies weather.
Worked in basic stocking stitch, you’ll only use knit and purl stitches throughout, creating the twist detail with clever sewing techniques instead. It’s written as a one-size-fits-all pattern, but you can adjust the size of your headband when knitting the main section if necessary, making it shorter or longer as needed.
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Instructions
The headband is started using a provisional cast on – casting on with scrap yarn. Doing this leaves the stitches ’live’, so they can be knitted later on in the pattern.
To join your headband, you’ll use Kitchener stitch and mattress stitch.
Both these techniques are invisible stitches that hide the loose ends so you won’t need to weave them in.
Materials
- Jamieson’s Shetland Spindrift, 100% wool, 105m/25g per ball, two balls in Aqua (929)
- Scrap yarn
- 3mm (UK 11, US 21⁄2) knitting needles
- 3mm (UK 10, US D/3) crochet hook (for provisional cast on)
- Stitch holders
- Tapestry needle
Tension
32 sts and 38 rows to 10cm (4") square over stocking stitch on 3mm needles
Abbreviations (UK)
- st(s) stitches
- k knit
- p purl
- st st stocking stitch RS right side
- WS wrong side
Finished size
Approx. 50cm (193⁄4") circumference, with stretch of a further 10cm (4")
1st leg of loops *using scrap yarn, provisionally cast on 32 sts. Work in st st until your work measures 4cm (15/8"), ending on a p row.* Break off yarn and leave on a stitch holder 2nd leg of loops work as 1st leg from * to*, but don’t break yarn Joining the legs with RS facing, knit across 32 sts of 2nd leg, then 32 sts of 1st leg [64 sts]
