Knit a Headband Inlaid with Diamonds

July 29, 2024 by Sarah White Leave a Comment

Little projects like headbands are the perfect way to learn new knitting techniques or refresh your memory if it’s been a while sine you’ve worked with a particular knitting technique. If you’re new to stranded knitting, or you just want to play with colorwork on a little project, check out the Inlaid Diamonds Headband by Trissa Weidenaar.

This little headband has ribbing on the ends in each of the main colors, and then uses one color as the background with cascading rounds of diamonds. The design and its name are inspired by a jewelry used to set stones into silver jewelry.

The pattern comes in a single size that can fit a large child/teen to average adult, fitting a little more snuggly on the grownup. It calls for sport weight yarn in two contrasting colors to make the diamonds pop. You could try knitting it with a larger needle to make it a little bigger if you have a larger head or just don’t want it to be too tight when you wear it.

You can grab the pattern from Ravelry.

Looking for more cute headband patterns for learning new skills or just to knit for fun? Reminder that knit headbands are a great easy and relatively quick gift idea if you want to get a jump on your holiday knitting!

Easy headband knitting patterns is a good roundup of beginner level or otherwise quick knitting projects
Heartbreaker earwarmer uses super bulky yarn and slipped stitches that look like hearts
Sunny headband is an easy first cable knitting pattern
Northwind is a great one if you want to try out brioche knitting
You can also find a bunch of great knitting patterns for headbands and ear warmers on Etsy

If you have a favorite headband knitting pattern I’d love to hear about it!

[Photo: Daniel DeVries for Taproot Magazine]

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Hexagon Knitting Patterns

Knitting squares, rectangles and triangles can get boring after a while, so why not throw in some different shapes, like hexagons?

I started thinking about hexagons because of Amy Gunderson’s Rainbow Remnants cowl (see it on Ravelry), which uses all your sock yarn leftovers to make hexagons worked from the center out and joined as you go so there’s no seaming. She also works over the yarn ends so you don’t have to weave in a million ends either.

This reminded me of the classic Beekeeper’s Quilt knitting pattern from Tiny Owl Knits, which has long been a bucket list project for me. It uses little “hexipuffs,” which are tiny hexagon shaped pillows that are stuffed to make your blanket extra cozy. This one also uses sock yarn but each motif is worked separately and then stitched together so there’s a ton of finishing work. But it would be amazing to have on the back of your couch!

Or you can make a blanket that’s one big hexagon, like this Hexagon Baby Blanket from Lion Brand Yarn. It’s worked in sections so you can change color with each piece or alternate self-striping colorways as shown if you like. Or make it a stash buster.

Hexagons of course remind me of quilts, because my parents have a couple of Grandmother’s Flower Garden quilts my great-grandmother made. If you like that classic look and want to make it in knitting, try the April Showers Bring May Flowers blanket from Needles and Balls. Each hexagon is worked separately so you can make your project as big as you like, using whatever yarn you have handy.

Or try the Knitted Hexagon Cushion, a free pattern from Greedy for Colour. These hexis are worked in strips so you could use the same pattern to make a bigger project if you wanted. As written it calls for DK weight yarn but you could experiment with other weights as well.

Fun shapes and stash busting knitting inspired by quilts? I think these projects might hit everything I love in a knitting project!

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