FREE PATTERN

The Hair Down Headband is worked in one piece from cast-on to cast-off. The headband is worked flat, back and forth, in double knitting. It’s narrower at the back so that the hair lies flatly over it even when it’s worn down. This is achieved using increases and decreases incorporated in the double knitting, which are explained in the pattern. At the end, the cast-on and cast-off edges are sewn together, using mattress stitches along the back of the neck.

Size:
Made to fit.
Length of headband: You try the headband on as you knit to ensure the best fit for you.
There’s also instructions for a headband with 8 cm (3.15 inches) of negative ease on a head circumference of 55 cm (21.7 inches), measured where a headband would sit.
Negative ease: 8-10 cm (3-4 inches).
Width of headband: 7.5 cm (3 inches) after blocking.

Gauge
30 sts x 36 rows (60 sts in total on the needle) = 10 cm x 10 cm (4 inches x 4 inches) in double knitting.

Needles:
2.5 mm (US1.5) needles.
(Either two double pointed needles or circular needles that allow you to knit back and forth).

Yarn:
22-26 grams Sandnes Garn Alpakka Silke (50 grams = 200 m (219 yds)).
or
Yarns that give the same gauge, e.g. Knitting for Olive Compatible Cashmere (held double), Drops Flora, La Bien Aimee Cashmerino or fingering weight sock yarn.
(The yarn amount will vary on your head circumference, gauge and negative ease).

Notions:
Measuring tape
Darning needle

Difficulty:
Intermediate

The blue Hair Down Headband is knitted in Sandnes Garn Alpakka Silke in the colour 7572, and the white headband is in the same yarn in the colour 2511.

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