{FREE} Bold Cable Headband Knitting Pattern : Felicity

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

 

About:

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 & Mobile Friendly

PDF Bonus: Checklist, Ad-Free Video

 

 

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:

 

Click here to watch the “BO & Sew Seam” video tutorial.

 

Pattern, Knit Flat {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.

 

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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