Sunny Headband Knitting Pattern

October 24, 2023 by Sarah White Leave a Comment

There’s something about fall that gets me thinking about knitting cables. I have no idea why the two are connected in my mind. Maybe I’m thinking about cable knit sweaters, which are so cozy in the fall and winter months. Or cabled scarves, which bring a fancy looking element to any outfit.

Or maybe it’s because one of the first projects I knit when I was getting back into knitting again after a long hiatus was an earwarmer with a cable on it.

It wasn’t this cabled headband, but that’s probably what this headband has me thinking of.

This one was designed by Mirella Moments, and it’s a great first cable knitting project if you’ve never worked cables before. The project is worked flat in super bulky yarn, and the cable is only four stitches wide, so it’s super easy to do. You’ll have the basics of cable knitting — not to mention a cute headband — down in no time.

The whole project is only 12 stitches wide, so it will fly off your needles.

Which is good because winter is coming for a lot of us. And so is the holiday gifting season, and I’m pretty sure most of us could use a simple, cute headband that doubles as an earwarmer.

It is sized for a woman but you can add a couple of inches to make it for a man (or someone with a bigger head) if you like. Or you can get a custom fit by knitting it a few inches smaller than your actual head measurement.

Get the free pattern from Mirella Moments.

Looking for more uses for small amounts of super bulky yarn? Check out my post full of knitting patterns to use super bulky yarn leftovers. There are a few headbands over there, too, as well as hats, mitts and more.

[Photo: Mirella Moments]

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Stitch a Scarf with Dreamy Waves

As I write this, it’s probably time to start thinking about winter knitting if you haven’t already. And it’s definitely time to think about gift knitting if you have any of that you plan to do for the holidays.

The Dreamy Waves Scarf from Knit Picks, designed by Stacey Winklepleck, would be a great project to go in either category.

It uses two different multicolored yarns and a simple repeating wave pattern to make a project that looks a lot more complicated and dramatic than it is. The gradient look happens naturally just by switching which yarn you’re knitting with.

This pattern uses worsted weight yarn so it’s a pretty quick project even though a scarf is large and this one is pretty wide. It measures 8.5 inches (21.5 cm) wide and 63 inches or 120 cm long. Of course you can make it longer or shorter as you like. As written it takes one ball of each color so it’s a pretty economical project, too.

It’s rated for intermediate knitters but if you know how to do various increases and decreases you’ll be all set. The pattern uses knit 2 together, make 1 left and right, centered double decrease and slip slip knit. All of the stitches are explained in a glossary in the pattern so even if you haven’t done all of them it shouldn’t be too hard to figure out.

The pattern also includes tons of options for different colorways in yarn that Knit Picks sells, so you can see how different combinations knit up before you buy the yarn. That’s such a great idea!

Of course if you already have two multicolored yarns with long color runs on hand, you can absolutely use them, too. It might also be fun, but would give you a totally different look, to use a solid color and a bunch of scraps or one multicolored yarn to see how the different colors play together. So many options!

You can grab this free pattern and check out all the color options at Knit Picks.

[Photo: Knit Picks]

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