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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Over the years I have shared a lot of pumpkin knitting patterns, and I’ve knit and crocheted a lot of pumpkins myself. But it feels like there are always more fun things to try with knit pumpkins, so this year I wanted to look a little more beyond basic stockinette or ribbed pumpkins and share some pumpkin patterns with cables, bobbles and colorwork.

In the cable collection we’ve got these cute little basic cable and ribbed pumpkins from Elly Bear Knits. There are two sizes that make a wide, flat pumpkin and a taller round pumpkin. Both are worked in the round as a tube that’s cinched top and bottom when you’re done, and they use bulky weight yarn.

Another cute cable pumpkin knitting pattern comes from Gray Bear Akswokrat. This one is knit flat and it looks like a chunky yarn but you could use other weights to make pumpkins of different sizes. This one also has an I-cord stem and uses yarn to cinch up the sections of the pumpkin, giving it a more natural look.

Add some bobbles to your pumpkins with this design from Autumn Shelter Makes. Also worked in the round in a tube, it features a repeating pattern of bobbles and uses yarn wrapped around the outside to make segments. This one looks like worsted weight yarn to me.

Of course there’s nothing that says your pumpkin has to be a single color, so let’s throw in some colorwork. I love the look of the Cozy Fall Pumpkin knitting pattern from South Stitch Girls. The little leather loop adds a rustic touch but you could also just add a stick. These pumpkins have five colorwork options and are worked in worsted weight yarn in the round.

There’s also the Autumn Fair Isle Trio pumpkins pattern from Equestriann Style, which has three different sizes of pumpkins with four colorwork designs. They are worked in super bulky yarn in the round and look good with high contrast or more muted color combinations.

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