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Winter KAL – Week 2 – Lace Headband

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Hello knitters,
We hope you enjoyed week 1 of the India Yarn Circle knit along with @poojascrochet.

Our second week of the knit along will introduce you to another variation in knitting which is a lace pattern.

This involves making a lace pattern by incorporating yarn overs and joining stitches together.

For this pattern too you can use a dk weight yarn with 4 or 5 mm needles.

Method:

Cast on 11 sts.

Follow the arrowhead lace pattern (using chart or the youtube tutorial below) until the headband is approximately 18 inches long (or long enough to fit around your head when slightly stretched). Bind off and seam ends together.

To understand the working better, check out the video Tutorial below:

Hope you enjoy the project for this week. Please feel free to comment with your suggestions and queries.

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Winter KAL – Week 1 – Part 2 – Seed Stitch Twist

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Hope you are enjoying making the Seed stitch twist headband. This second part of the tutorial will teach you the finishing of the band and incorporating a twist.
Please share your photos on Facebook and Instagram and you can DM us for queries.
Happy knitting!

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Winter KAL – Week 1 – Seed Stitch Twist Headband

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Welcome to week 1!!! The first headband as a part of the KAL is a simple Seed stitch twist.

It involves only knit and purl stitches and is easily customisable to length and width.

The band is first made a rectangular piece and then joined along the length and with a twist at the shorter edge.

Method:

You have to first cast on an odd number of stitches.

The pattern repeat involves and alternating knit and purl repeat.

It is a single row repeat and every row starts with a knit.

The number of cast on stitches can be decided by you and should be double the final width of the headband.

The length is also customisable according to the circumference of the head (about 22 inches).

There is a short video tutorial in the link below to guide you along this process.

Happy knitting!

Feel free to leave your Queries and comments below or on our Facebook group.

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Basics of Knitting

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Let’s get started with basics.. knitting involves casting on stitches onto the knitting needles, knit and purl stitches and binding off to end the work. 

Check out these tutorials to learn basic knitting.

How to cast on Stitches:

The Knit Stitch:

The Purl Stitch:

How to Bind Off / Cast off:

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A New Make Along!!

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We are back with our next community craft along!!

This time we are having a knit along (KAL) and its perfect for beginners. A number of us find it easier to crochet than to work on two straght needle points, and some others want to revisit knitting which they put away years back. This KAL is perfect for all of you.

Now that we are approaching winter, lets make some warm winter accessories. Earwarmers are easily customisable to different designs and length, which makes them perfect for beginner knitters.

It is a set of 5 earwarmers/headbands which will be made over the period of 5 weeks. Each one is made with a different knitting style – cable, lace, twist, brioche, beads.

To participate in this KAL, you just need a few balls of stash yarn and a pair of corresponding knitting needles. DK to worsted weight acrylic or wool yarn is perfect to work with and easily matches 4mm or 5mm needles.

Click on the link below to register for this KAL!!

Register here