{FREE} Cotton Headband Knitting Pattern

Grab your FREE Cotton Headband Knitting Pattern :) This is a cute, light weight cable knit headband. Perfect for spring and fall. Super quick project too!

:) About the Pattern:

• Time it took me to knit: 1-2 hours
• Beginner skill level
• Size {Adult}: 21-1/2” {55cm} head circumference
• Dimensions {before blocking}: 17″ {43cm} x 2” {5cm} wide
• Dimensions {blocked to}: 18″ {46cm} x 2 ½” {7cm} wide
• Gauge: 12 sts & 13 rows per 2” {5cm} square {knit flat}
• Weight: 0.9oz {26g}

Materials:

• Cable Needle
• Size US 7 {4.5mm} straight needles
• {I used Size US 7 {4.5mm} needles with a 24” cable}
• Approximately 30-35 yards of worsted weight cotton yarn
• {I used Dishie & Simply Organic Cotton Yarn by Knit Picks}
• {I used Knitter’s Pride Blockers and Pins & Blocking Wires}

:) Pattern:

• CO 14 STS
• Rows 1 – 111 (ODD rows, back): *P2, K2, P6, K2, P2*
• Rows 2 – 110 (EVEN rows, except cable rows, front): *P4, K6, P4*
• Cable Rows 8, 20, 32, 44, 56, 68, 80, 92, 104: *P4, C6F, P4*
• Row 112: BO in pattern {meaning that you knit the knits and purl the purls just like you were doing in the body of the project.}

:) Modification:

• If you’d like to make it longer, repeat rows 93-104 one more time before finishing 105-112.
• Sew CO & BO edge together.
• No blocking necessary, but it will look nicer ;)

:) Blocking tools :

I use Knitter’s Pride Blockers & Pins and Knitter’s Pride Lace Blocking Wires.

:) Abbreviations:

• {*click to watch a video tutorial}
• * – * – repeat pattern
• BO – bind-off in pattern*
• C6F – cable6front {Transfer 3 stitches to a cable needle and hold it in the front of your work, knit the next 3 stitches and then knit the 3 stitches off the cable needle}
• CO – cast-on {long-tail cast-on method}*
• K – knit stitches {K1 means to knit 1 stitch}*
• K2TOG – knit 2 stitches together*
• P – purl stitches {P2 means to purl 2 stitches}*
• STS – stitches
• YO – yarn over*