Easy and Quick to knit up. School colors make it outstanding.
Everyone needs to keep their ears warm when ole’ winter comes again, and look so cute at the same time. Our warm headband is knit with 2 colors of worsted weight yarn, partial skeins and adorned with a simple crochet flower and secured with a ½” button.
Loom: 32 Peg Basic Loom
Yarn: Lion Brand Vanna’s Choice, 100% acrylic worsted weight was used. This headband only requires 1/2 skein of each yarn, so any washable worsted weight yarn should do a great job.
Stitches: Stockinette and Rib.
Size: 20” stretched slightly and is 3.5” wide. This should fit most young girls.
Notions Needed: Knit hook, crochet hook, (1) button, 1/2″ .
Instructions:
Cast On (4) stitches in stockinette with pink yarn. Lay anchor yarn of any yarn.
Work in stockinette stitch for (6) rows.
Increase row: Move stitch #1 over to empty pin. Lift previous stitch from pin #2 onto the empty pin. Do this to both sides of loom and both ends. You now have 2 additional stitches on loom. Weave all pins and hook over.
Work (1) increase row and (1) regular row. Repeat these (2) rows 3 more times so that there are (12) sts on the loom.
Once you have (12) stitches on loom, you are ready to change to 2nd color yarn (purple) and knit in rib stitch. Cut yarn with 3-4” tail. Tie on 2nd yarn at 2nd pin, attaching to pink yarn. Trim and tuck this yarn tail.
Work in rib stitch for 38 rows or until the center of headband is as long as you want it.
Cut 2nd yarn and tie the 1st yarn back on. Change to stockinette stitch for remainder of headband.
Work this section same as beginning section except do decrease rows rather than increase rows, so that you end up with only (4) stitches.
Decrease row: Place the 2nd loop onto 3rd pin. Place the 1st loop onto empty pin. Do this to both sides of loom and both ends. You now have 2 sts less on loom. Weave all pins and hook over being sure to pick up both loops on 2nd pins. This will leave (1) loop on all pins.
Work (1) decrease row and (1) regular row. Repeat these (2) rows 3 more times so that there are (4) sts on the loom.
Work (6) rows in stockinette stitch. Bind off. Tuck yarn tail into knit. Bind off at anchor yarn. Sew the (2) short ends with 4 sts together to close up the headband.
Flower is single crochet secured with pretty button. Make this with the pink yarn for contrast. Sew your flower to top of headband. Options can be a pom-pom, a felt flower, or any adornment desired. Everyone will love one of these cute headbands especially the girls headed back to school