These patterns make fun projects to bring along to knit at a playground near you. The finished shawls are perfect to wear wherever you go to play. Enjoy!

This double layer headband was designed as a teaching project in two-handed, stranded Fair Isle knitting. It could also be used for swatching your colorwork knitting in-the-round as you check gauge for a larger project. There are two versions: one for bulky weight yarn and one for worsted weight yarn.

From Fairmount Fibers: “Carolyn Kern designed our Wool Clasica design contest grand prize winner! Behold: #77 Dream Hat. It uses 1 skein and features a simple fan lace stitch pattern and earflaps. For more of Carolyn’s designs, click here!”

This pattern was first published in Knitcircus Magazine, Issue #15, Fall 2011. It is currently available as a free Ravelry download to encourage charity knitting.