Scroll down to get this FREE & easy woven cable headband knitting pattern using Lion Brand Wool Ease Thick & Quick, making it a quick knit! {+ video tutorial}
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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
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Techniques:
Knit Flat {Back & Forth}
Knit & Purl Stitches
Cable Stitches
Sew Seam
Materials:
Yarn Weight: Super Bulky
Yardage: 35 – 45 yards {32 – 41 meters}
Suggested Yarn: Lion Brand Wool Ease Thick & Quick
Needle Size: US 11 {8mm} Knitting Needles
Extras: Cable Needle
Yarn Substitutes:
Cascade Lana Grande
Lang Yarns Virginia
Phildar Phil Alaska
Rowan Big Wool Yarn
MillaMia Super Chunky
Read more about yarn substitutions here {+ video}.
Details:
Measurements, After Seaming: 4 1/2″ Height x 9 1/2″ {11cm x 24cm}
Gauge: 12 STS & 14 rows per 4” {10cm} square, knit in the pattern below
Weight: 2.3oz {65g}
Notes:
Not reversible.
The CO edge is the height.
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Pattern, Knit Flat {Back & Forth}:
CO 14 STS
Row 1 {WS}: *P2, K1, P8, K1, P2*
Row 2 {RS}: *P3, K8, P3*
Row 3 {WS}: *P2, K1, P8, K1, P2*
Row 4 {RS}: *P3, C4B, C4B, P3*
Row 5 {WS}: *P2, K1, P8, K1, P2*
Row 6 {RS}: *P3, K2, C4F, K2, P3*
Row 7 {WS}: *P2, K1, P8, K1, P2*
Repeat rows 4-7, 14 more times, 18” {46cm} or desired length
Row 64 {RS}: *P3, K8, P3*
Row 65 {WS}: *P2, K1, P8, K1, P2*
Row 66 {RS}: BO in all knit STS
End:
Sew CO & BO edge together.
Weave in the ends.
No blocking necessary.
Abbreviations:
* – * – repeat between *
BO – bind-off in pattern
C4B – cable4back – 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
C4F – cable4front- 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
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
STS – stitches
WS – wrong side
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