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Are you ready for Spring?! Then grab this quick-to-knit sweet treat of a headband pattern and start knitting up some cute chicks and bunnies.

This seamless, in-the-round, stranded colorwork headband pattern includes three sizes and three different designs.

Note that since this pattern does have some longer floats, it is not recommended as a first colorwork pattern. (But if you really want to knit it you can always duplicate stitch the design on afterwards).

This headband comes in three sizes 1(2,3). Approximately 15.5(18, 20.5)”/39(46, 52)cm circumference to fit a 16.5-18.5(19-21, 21.5-23.5)“/43-48(48-53, 53-58)cm head respectively.

The height is approximately 4.25”/10.8cm tall (with an option for a shorter 3.25”/8.3cm height using chicks only design).

When choosing a size, make sure to measure at an angle around your ears where the headband will be, not horizontally around your head. This angled measurement is larger. The floats limit stretch, and the headband shouldn’t be too tight. If between sizes or if a tight knitter, size up.

Getting gauge in colorwork is TRICKY because we need to worry both about stitch and row gauge - with single color projects we usually are told to knit so many inches so the row gauge doesn’t matter, but in colorwork it does matter since there is a fixed pattern you have to work. When you have tight floats, this will usually cause your stitch count to be higher than recommended and your row count to be lower than recommended (making your project narrower but HIGHER). Many knitters will go up needle sizes to get stitch gauge which will help the width, but make the project even HIGHER!!!

If you don’t want this, try to keep your original needle size (or even go down if your row gauge will make the project too high), and instead go up a pattern size or two if that is an option. This way, your project will now fit the desired width but not be extra, extra high.

This pattern uses worsted weight yarn. Approx. 90(105, 120)yds/82(96, 110)m total.

Each color (MC, CC1 and CC2) will use approximately 30(35, 40)yds /27(32, 37)m.

Pictured in Malabrigo Worsted colors as follows:

Combo headband was knit in Simple Taupe MC with Shocking Pink for the design and Apple Green for the ribbing.

Chick headband was knit in Apple Green for the MC, Pollen for the chicks, and Shocking Pink for the ribbing, eyes, and extra colorwork.

Treat yourself to this pattern today!