Twisted Lace Headband Knitting Pattern

Change up your headband knitting routine with this fun lacy headband knitting pattern. I tend to knit headbands in stockinette or garter stitch pretty much exclusively, but sometimes it’s fun to throw in a different stitch pattern every now and then.

This twisted lace headband is a quick knitting project that will keep your ears warm on cold days. It also makes a wonderful last-minute gift to a friend or family member.

The pattern includes garter stitch edging, little cables and a relatively easy lace pattern. In fact, the whole pattern is just two rows that repeat to the length you need.

You will need to be comfortable with reading your knitting to complete this project, since wrong side rows are made by knitting the stitches as you see them. This isn’t really that hard to do, just know that knits look like vs on the right side and bumps on the wrong side (or back) of the work. Purls are the opposite, a bump on the front and smooth on the back.

You’re knitting what you see, so it’s the opposite of the previous row. You’ll see a purl where you knit the stitch on the last row, so you’ll purl it on the second row. And vice versa. Once you’ve done it a couple of times you’ll probably have it memorized.

The pattern uses worsted weight yarn and you probably won’t even use a whole skein for this project. Once you get going it should knit up pretty fast, too, which makes it great for a last-minute gift or something to make for yourself to wear when looking at the holiday lights.

You can get this pattern for free from Mirella Moments. She also has a coordinating cowl pattern, so you can knit both if you like to be coordinated.

[Photo: Mirella Moments]

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If you’re looking for a sweater knitting pattern that uses up some of your stash and allows you to make just the sweater you want, the Marlina Rib by Shay Johson might be just the thing.

It’s worked with two strands of fingering weight yarn held together to make a DK weight gauge, so you can use the same two yarns throughout or change one or both regularly for an even more colorful look.

The pattern has options to make it either a crewneck or a henley style with buttons, tapered or relaxed sleeves, and a straight hemline or a split hem with buttons (which sounds so cute if you do the henley with split hem and match the buttons on both parts).

It’s also knit from the top down so you can make the body and the sleeves as long as you want. There are 10 sizes available in the pattern, with a chest circumference ranging from 32 to 68 inches, or 81.5 to 172.5 cm. It’s meant to be worn with 4-6 inches/10-15 cm of positive ease at the chest.

The pattern page on Ravelry includes tons of measurements and yardage estimates so you can make sure you’ll get a good fit for your body before you even buy the pattern. Shay also shows a few variations of the sweater so you can see how different options look before you decide how you want to put them together.

The stitch pattern is 1×2 ribbing, which is really easy to do and gives a look almost like fisherman’s rib that’s relaxed and easy to wear.

This sweater looks like a great option for people who are somewhat new to sweater knitting or those who love to have lots of customization options (because it’s like getting multiple sweater patterns in one!).

Check out all the details and grab a copy of the pattern for yourself at Ravelry.

[Photo: Shay Johnson]

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