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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Fall will be here before we know it, and that means there are holidays coming right behind where we might be entertaining at home. It’s always fun to have a hand knit touch in your home for other people to see, and if you’re going to be in the kitchen all day you might as well have some nice knit dish cloths to use.

I love this little plaid hand towel from Darling Jadore. Use a little bit of leftover cotton yarn from another project for the plaid portion. It looks like the horizontal stripes are worked as you knit and the vertical stripes are done with duplicate stitch, making this a quick and easy project even newer knitters can make.

Combine garter stitch and an easy eyelet pattern worked sideways to make the Annette Dish Towel from Cluck Cluck Boots, which is meant to be reminiscent of flour sack towels. It calls for DK weight yarn and you can work it in one color or two (or even three!).

Add a little more texture with this set of kitchen towels from Whileberry Creative. They’re mostly worked in garter stitch with borders in easy knit/purl patterns, and you can work them in sport or worsted weight yarn.

Two of Wands Shop has another cute allover knit and purl pattern they call the Seersucker Textured Tea Towel. It’s an easy repeating pattern worked in worsted weight yarn, and there’s a chart in the pattern you can use, but don’t have to, if you want to practice knitting from a chart.

The Classic Cloth dish towel from Handmade Home by Connie is another one that can use a little leftover yarn in a contrasting color, or you could color block it our use stripes throughout the pattern. This one uses worsted weight yarn and another easy repeating knit purl stitch pattern.

If you like to hang your towel on the oven handle or elsewhere but it’s always falling off, try the Stay Put kitchen towel from Fancy Step Knits. This project is worked in garter stitch and includes a hole partway through so you can pull the towel through itself over a rod or handle. Stripes are optional but a nice addition.

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