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Show off a small amount of special yarn with this fun-to-knit headband. The perfect project for that unique hand-dyed skein you picked up on your fiber vacation - or your collection of hand-spun and art yarn. Use one thicker yarn for single loops (as shown), or combine 2 or 3 thinner yarns for multi-stranded loops. Wear it alone, or peeking out from under a hood. Both sides are attractive, so you can even wear those woolly loops against your ears when it’s super cold. It’s guaranteed adorable any way you wear it!

Headband is worked back and forth to any desired length. Pattern is appropriate for any knitter who wants to learn this technique to make a loop stitch. There are written directions for this in the pattern and I have also included a link to the video I made that shows the step by step technique. Pattern is 2 pages long and has been test knit and professionally tech edited.

Sizes: One size, customizable for any width and length. Designed to fit with approximately 1 - 2 in/ 2.5 - 5 cm of negative ease.

Finished Measurement: Sample’s Circumference: 19 1/2 in/ 49.5 cm. Sample’s Width: Approximately 4 1/2 in/ 11.5 cm.

Gauge: Sample gauge was 3.3 stitches per inch over loop stitch. Gauge will depend on your yarns, how full you want your loops to be, and how wide you want your headband. I suggest simply casting on as directed in the pattern and using that as your swatch to see if you want fewer or more stitches in your cast on.

What You Need:

• Sample used 1.7 oz/ 48 g (110 yards/ 100 m) of a heavy worsted/ aran weight 100% Rambouillet yarn from Spring Valley Gift and Yarn in Bancroft Maine. The yarn was hand dyed with a space-dyed technique. If you are combining thinner yarns, aim for a heavy worsted/ aran weight final yarn. You will need double or triple the yardage if doubling or tripling the yarn.

• 2 straight needles or one 16 in/ 40cm circular needle. I used US #8/ 5 mm. Choose a size that works with your yarn to give you the loopy look you want. If gauge is off, simply adjust your CO (see Gauge.)

• Tapestry needle

Tech Editing: Kerry Bullock-Ozkan
Thanks to model Debbie Jones