Make a Matching Set with the Yarrow Headband and Scarf

One of the great things about knitting is that we can mix and match all sorts of different projects to create any kind of look we want. But sometimes it is also fun to create matching accessories for ourselves or someone in our lives who loves the matchy-matchy look.

This matched set from Mirella Moments includes the Yarrow Headband, shown above, and a coordinating scarf worked in the same stitch pattern.

The stitch is known as garter rib, and it’s an easy-to-remember, two-row repeat that is mostly knit stitches, so these are quick and easy projects if you need them for last-minute gifting or just want a new accessory for the winter months before they’re over in the Northern Hemisphere or before they get started in the south.

Both pieces are worked flat in DK weight yarn, and the headband pattern includes a good photo tutorial for how to finish it with the twist in case you’ve never done that before (it’s very cool and easy to do if you haven’t tried it!).

You can grab the free patterns from Mirella Moments: here’s the headband pattern and the scarf knitting pattern.

Are you looking for more easy knitting patterns? Have we got you covered! Check out this collection of easy patterns kids can make (which of course adults can make, too!), as well as knitting patterns to practice your ribbing, easy blanket knitting patterns and some easy cardigan knitting patterns for good measure.

And if you love plain garter stitch as much as I do (though this variation is great and you can use it in place of regular garter stitch in a lot of patterns), check out this collection of garter stitch knitting patterns (or this older collection of garter stitch knitting patterns, for that matter. What did I tell you? LOL).

[Photo: Mirella Moments]

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One great thing to knit when the weather is warm (or honestly any other time) is dishcloths and washcloths. They are fun and easy projects and a great way to play with new skills. Pretty washcloths make cleaning a tiny bit more fun, and they’re great to have on hand as a quick addition to a store-bought gift.

The Daisy Delight Dishcloth from Yarnspirations is a fun one for using leftover bits of green in your cotton yarn stash. What looks like the bottom in the picture is actually the left side as you knit it, and each little color section is worked with its own ball of yarn, intarsia style.

That’s a little fiddly for a washcloth, but the effect is cute, and it’s a simple way to learn the basics of intarsia knitting (as well as reading a chart) if you don’t already have those skills.

One the knitting is done, you add the flowers with a bit of lazy daisy embroidery, which is really easy to do even if you’re not that into embroidery. You could also potentially add flowers in duplicate stitch if you’d rather.

This may be the most work you’ve put into a dishcloth, but isn’t it adorable? It would be fun to use as a hand towel through the spring and summer, and if you already have some leftover green yarn from other projects it should be pretty easy to do.

You could also take this same concept and make it different colors. All dark green stems with stars on top might be reminiscent of Christmas trees, or brown with daisy stitch on top in different colors could be trees in the fall.

However you stitch it, this looks like a fun little project for knitters who are comfortable with intarsia and reading charts or who are ready to try those skills.

You can grab the free pattern from Yarnspirations.

[Photo: Yarnspirations]

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