Bold Cable Headband Knitting Pattern, FREE

FREE bold cable headband knitting pattern + video tutorial. It’s an advanced beginner pattern which includes an exclusive row-by-row video tutorial to help beginner knitters go to the next level.

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Available Sizes: One
Size: 20 – 22″ {51 – 56cm} Head Circumference
Pattern Format: Written Pattern, No Chart
Pattern Language: English
Skill Level: Advanced Beginner
PDF Format: Printer Friendly
PDF Bonus: Checklist, Ad-Free Video
Pattern Name: Felicity

Techniques

Knit Flat {Back & Forth}
Knit & Purl Stitches
Cable Stitches
Clean Edge
Sew Seam

Materials

Yarn Weight: Super Bulky
Yardage: 35 – 45 yards {32 – 43 meters}
Suggested Yarn: Wool and the Gang, Crazy Sexy Wool
Needle Size: US 11 {8mm} Knitting Needles
Extras: Cable Needle

Yarn Substitutes

Cascade, Magnum & Spuntaneous
Cloudborn, Highland Roving
MillaMia, Super Chunky
Red Heart, Grande
We Are Knitters, The Wool
Wool and the Gang, Crazy Sexy Wool

Read more about yarn substitutions here {+ video}.

Details

Measurements, After Seaming: 3 1/2″ Height x 9 1/2″ {9cm x 24cm}
Gauge: 14 STS & 11 rows per 4” {10cm} square, knit in the pattern below
Weight: 2.8oz {80g}

Notes

Not reversible.
The CO edge is the height.
Knit using the bold cable knit stitch.

Video Tutorials

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FREE Knitting Pattern

Knit flat, row by row, back & forth:

CO 12 STS
Row 01 {WS}: WYIF S1PW, K2, P6, K2, WYIF S1PW
Row 02 {RS}: K1TBL, P2, K6, P2, K1TBL
Row 03 {WS}: WYIF S1PW, K2, P6, K2, WYIF S1PW
Row 04 {RS}: K1TBL, P2, K6, P2, K1TBL
Row 05 {WS}: WYIF S1PW, K2, P6, K2, WYIF S1PW
Row 06 {RS}: K1TBL, P2, K6, P2, K1TBL
Row 07 {WS}: WYIF S1PW, K2, P6, K2, WYIF S1PW
Row 08 {RS}: K1TBL, P2, C6B, P2, K1TBL
Row 09 {WS}: WYIF S1PW, K2, P6, K2, WYIF S1PW
Row 10 {RS}: K1TBL, P2, K6, P2, K1TBL
Row 11 {WS}: WYIF S1PW, K2, P6, K2, WYIF S1PW
Row 12 {RS}: K1TBL, P2, K6, P2, K1TBL
Row 13 {WS}: WYIF S1PW, K2, P6, K2, WYIF S1PW
Row 14 {RS}: K1TBL, P2, K6, P2, K1TBL
Row 15 {WS}: WYIF S1PW, K2, P6, K2, WYIF S1PW
Row 16 {RS}: K1TBL, P2, C6F, P2, K1TBL
Repeat rows 1-16 2 more times, for a total of 6 cables, 3 left leaning & 3 right leaning

Row 49 {WS}: WYIF S1PW, K2, P6, K2, WYIF S1PW
Row 50 {RS}: K1TBL, P2, K6, P2, K1TBL
Row 51 {WS}: WYIF S1PW, K2, P6, K2, WYIF S1PW
Row 52 {RS}: K1TBL, P2, K6, P2, K1TBL
Row 53 {WS}: WYIF S1PW, K2, P6, K2, WYIF S1PW
Row 54 {RS}: K1TBL, P2, K6, P2, K1TBL
Row 55 {WS}: WYIF S1PW, K2, P6, K2, WYIF S1PW
Row 56 {RS}: BO in K1, P2, K6, P2, K1

End:
Sew CO & BO edge together.
Weave in the ends.
No blocking necessary.

Knitting Abbreviations

* – * – repeat between *
BO – bind-off in pattern
C6B – cable6back {Transfer 2 stitches to a cable needle and hold it in the back of your work, knit the next 2 stitches and then knit the 2 stitches off the cable needle}
C6F – cable6front {Transfer 2 stitches to a cable needle and hold it in the front of your work, knit the next 2 stitches and then knit the 2 stitches off the cable needle}
K1TBL – Knit through the back loop
CO – cast-on {long-tail cast-on method}
K – knit stitches {K1 means to knit 1 stitch}
P – purl stitches {P2 means to purl 2 stitches}
RS – right side
S1PW – slip 1 stitch purl-wise
STS – stitches
WYIF – with yarn in front
WS – wrong side

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