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
• Bonus: Video, Checklist

Techniques:

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

Materials:

• Yarn Weight: Super Bulky
• Yardage: 65 – 75 yards {60 – 69 meters}
• Suggested Yarn: Lion Brand Wool Ease Thick & Quick
• Needle Size: US 11 {8mm} Knitting Needles
• Extras: Cable Needle
• {Learn About Yarn Substitutes.}

Details:

• Measurements, After Seaming: 5 1/2″ Height x 9 1/2″ {14cm x 24cm}
• Gauge: 12 STS & 15 rows per 4” {10cm} square, knit in the pattern below
• Weight: 3.7oz {105g}

Notes:

• Not reversible.
• The CO edge is the width.

Video:

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

Click here to watch the “Initiative Headband” video tutorial.

Pattern, Knit Flat {Back & Forth}:

• CO 22 STS
• Row 1 {WS}: K1, P2, K1, {P2, K2 x3} {P2, K1 x2}
• Row 2 {RS}: K3, P1, {K2, P2 x3} K2, P1, K3
• Row 3 {WS}: Same as Row 1
• Row 4 {RS}: K3, P1, K2, P2, Sl2F, P2, K2, K2 off the cable needle, P2, K2, P1, K3
• Row 5 {WS}: K the first stitch. K the K’s and P the P’s and then K the last stitch
• Row 6 {RS}: K3, P1, K2, P2, Sl2B, K2, P2 off the cable needle, K2, P2, K2, P1, K3
• Row 7 {WS}: Same as Row 5
• Row 8 {RS}: Same as Row 5
• Row 9 {WS}: Same as Row 5
• Row 10 {RS}: K3, P1, Sl2F, P2, K2, Knit 2 STS off the cable needle, P2, Sl4B, K2, K2 & P2 off the cable needle, P1, K3
• Row 11 {WS}: Same as Row 5
• Row 12 {RS}: K3, P1, Sl2B, K2, P2 off the cable needle, K2, P2, K2, Sl2F, P2, K2 off the cable needle, P1, K3
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• Repeat in the 1-12 pattern, 4 more times.
• Repeat rows 1-3.
• Row 64 {RS}: BO in all knit STS.
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• End:
• Sew CO & BO edge together.
• Weave in the ends.
• No blocking necessary.

Abbreviations:

• * – * – repeat between *
• BO – bind-off in pattern
• CO – cast-on {long-tail cast-on method}
• K – knit stitches {K1 means to knit 1 stitch}
• K the K’s and P the P’s – knit the knit STS and purl the purl STS
• P – purl stitches {P2 means to purl 2 stitches}
• RS – right side
• Sl2F – Slip 2 stitches onto a cable needle and hold it in the FRONT of your work
• Sl2B – Slip 2 stitches onto a cable needle and hold it in the BACK of your work
• Sl4B – Slip 4 stitches onto a cable needle and hold it in the BACK of your work
• STS – stitches
• WS – wrong side

Gauge: