Wow! Just when we thought that we had escaped winter, this happens. Today the temp with windchill is -26*! Mother Nature had decided to show us her frosty side so it's time to layer up. Today's post comes in the hope of keeping you a bit warmer until Punxsutawney Phil tells us when winter will come to an end!
No doubt if you have been on Pinterest in the last few months you have seen this super cute headband/ear warmer by Anthropologie. Like everything Anthro, this is out of stock/sold out/whatever but that's ok because it was probably crazy overpriced anyways. This just leaves the option of making your own. I haven't knitted in a really long time and never anything very complicated so if I can do it so can you! This project just requires some Youtube-ing to learn the stitches.
1 ball yarn (87 yards/100grams) (I used 1/2 skein left over from another project)
Size 10.5 knitting needles
Cable needle (not required)
Yarn needle or crochet hook for seaming
The Pattern: (k = knit; cn = cable needle; p = purl; sl sts = slip stitches)
Cast on 13 stitches.
Row 1: k13
Row 2: K2, p9, k2.
Row 3: k2, sl next 3 sts to cn and hold in front, k3, k3 from cn, k5.
Row 4: K2, p9, k2.
Row 5: k13
Row 6: K2, p9, k2.
Row 7: k5, sl next 3 sts to cn and hold in back, k3, k3 from cn, k2.
Row 8: K2, p9, k2.
Repeat Rows 1–8 roughly 10-14 times, or until you reach your desired length. I did 10.
Tight is good! It will stretch and you won't want your new headband/earwarmer slipping off constantly.
Bind off, seam the short ends, and you’re done!
Here are some tutorials for each step of this project:
Cast On Video Tutorial
Knit Stitch Video Tutorial
Purl Stitch Video Tutorial
Slip Stitch Video Tutorial
With the slip stitch, you will put the 3 stitches on another needle/pencil/bobby pin/whatever (see picture below, I used a stitch holder) and then reintroduce the 3 stitches into the main line later to make the cable.
Binding Off Video Tutorial
Joining Your Ends Video Tutorial
You can chose to block your new project or not. Blocking allows you to slightly reshape the piece, making it wider, flatter, etc. It's totally up to you which route you choose to go.
Here are some helpful links about blocking. I had never attempted this before, so I had to look all this stuff up and thought I would pass on my findings... I did wet blocking.
Here is the finished project!
Pre-Blocking:
Post-Blocking:
Here you can see the seam in the back.
To be honest, I didn't really see a major difference with blocking except that I was able to make the edges a bit straighter, pull it wider and pop the cables out slightly. The above pictures show the true purple color but the pictures below show the detail more. I still need to practice getting lighting right for pictures...
In case you don't like that pattern I chose here are three others:
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