Crossover and Twisted Headbands |
Crossover
Headband Adult
Woman
Requirements:
UK chunky
weight yarn – or 2 strands of DK knitted together
6½ mm needles
Size:
Width ~ 4”
Length ~ 17” (I know this doesn't sound long enough - but these headbands are stretchy!)
Instructions:
Cast on 14sts
Work in garter
stitch throughout (every row knit)
Knit until your
work measures around 6½”
Dividing Row ~
K5, k2tog and
slip the remaining 7sts on to a stitch holder (or a scrap length of yarn)
Work on this first
set of 6sts only – knit every row until work measures around 10½”. For
neatness, make sure your yarn tail is at the outside edge of the headband. Cut
off the yarn. Put these 6sts onto a stitch holder (or a scrap length of yarn)
Put the 7sts
from the first stitch holder back onto a knitting needle – k2tog, k5
Knit every row
until work measures the same as the first strip. For neatness, make sure your yarn tail is at
the centre edge of the headband. Do NOT cut off the yarn.
Cross this
strip of 6sts over the top of the first strip – you will complete the headband
working across both strips.
Joining Row ~
K5, kfb, then
put the 6sts from the stitch holder back on to your left-hand needle and kfb,
k5
You will now
have 14sts - knit until your work measures around 6½” from the join
Cast off,
leaving a tail for joining
Join the cast
on and cast off edges
I used the tails at the crossover to make a couple of stitches - to help stabilise the crossover
(I marked them in blue to show you where I placed them)
Darn away ends
Twisted
Headband Adult
Woman
Requirements:
UK chunky
weight yarn – or 2 strands of DK knitted together
6½ mm needles
Size:
Width ~ 4”
Length ~ 17”
Instructions:
Cast on 14sts
Work in garter
stitch throughout (every row knit)
Knit until your
work measures around 8”
Dividing Row ~
K5, k2tog and
slip the remaining 7sts on to a stitch holder (or a scrap length of yarn)
Work on this first
set of 6sts only – knit every row until work measures around 1”. For neatness,
make sure your yarn tail is at the outside edge of the headband. Cut off the
yarn. Put these 6sts onto a stitch holder (or a scrap length of yarn)
Put the 7sts
from the first stitch holder back onto a knitting needle – k2tog, k5
Knit every row
until work measures the same as the first strip. For neatness, make sure your yarn tail is at
the centre edge of the headband. Do NOT cut off the yarn.
Cross this
strip of 6sts over the top of the first strip – you will complete the headband
working across both strips.
Joining Row ~
K5, kfb, then
put the 6sts from the stitch holder back on to your left-hand needle and kfb,
k5
You will now
have 14sts - knit until your work measures around 8” from the join
Cast off,
leaving a tail for joining
Join the cast
on and cast off edges
Darn away ends
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