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Winter KAL – Week 5 – Beaded headband

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Hello crafters..

The final headband for the Winter KAL 2020 is here and today we are knitting in the round.

Magic Loop is a technique for working in the round that avoids the use of double pointed needles. Using longer-than-usual circular needles, you can knit projects even with very small circumferences.

For this pattern you will need to use circular needles and the project is also gauge specific.
Another addition is the use of beads.

You will need worsted weight yarn, a 4.5 mm circular needle, 24 beads, and a stitch marker.

Check the youtube tutorial for more details.

Gauge:

18 sts and 24 rows = 4″ (10cm) in St st

Special technique

K1 over the slipped sts and bead this st Take the right needle under the 3 slipped strands from bottom to top, knit next st on the left needle, bringing the loop back through the slipped strands of yarn to gather them tog, place bead onto this st using the crochet hook, and replace st on right needle.

Pattern:

Cast on 80 sts. Pm and join, being careful not to twist the sts.
Rnd 1: *K1, p1; rep from * around.
Rnd 2: Knit.
Rnd 3: *K1, p1; rep from * around.
Rnds 4, 6, and 8: *K5, sl 5 pwise wyf; rep from * around.
Rnds 5 and 7: Knit. Rnd 9: *K7, k1 over the slipped sts and bead this st, k2; rep from * around.
Rnds 10, 12, and 14: *Sl 5 pwise wyf, k5; rep from * around.
Rnds 11 and 13: Knit.
Rnd 15: *K2, k1 over the slipped sts and bead this st, k7; rep from * around.
Rnds 16, 18, and 20: *K5, sl 5 pwise wyf; rep from * around. Rnds 17 and 19: Knit.
Rnd 21: *K7, k1 over the slipped sts and bead this st, k2; rep from * around.
Rnd 22: *K1, p1; rep from * around.
Rnd 23: Knit.
Rnd 24: *K1, p1; rep from * around.

Check out the youtube tutorial for better understanding:

Happy knitting..

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Winter KAL – Week 4 – Brioche Headband

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Week 4 of the Winter KAL 2020 involves brioche knitting.

Brioche knitting is a family of knitting patterns involving tucked stitches, i.e., yarn overs that are knitted together with a slipped stitch from the previous row. Such stitches may also be made by knitting into the row below and dropping the stitch above.

This type of knitting leads to a thick and ribbed pattern which is perfect for shawls and sweaters and anything warm.

The headband has a very elegant and chic twist in the middle (a clever way to hide the seam!).

You can easily match your headband to your outfit.

Knit headband

The pattern is worked back and forth and is very easy to memorize, which makes it a quick project. You can also find a video tutorial of this headband at the end of the written instructions.

I hope you will enjoy knitting this headband with a twist!

To knit the headband you will need:

DK or worsted weight yarn, 4 or 5 mm knitting needles, tapestry needle

Pattern:

Cast on about 20 stitches (customisable) using long tail cast on

Row 1 (foundation row): Yarn over, slip 1 stitch purlwise, knit 2 together, repeat from * to * until the end of the row.

Row 2: Yarn over, slip 1 stitch purlwise, knit yarn over and the slipped stitch together, repeat from * to * until the end of the row.

Work row 2 for 20 inches or desired length.

Bind off loosely.

See the video for the twist

Fold into half, sandwich together and sew in all the four edges. Invert it to reveal twist.

Happy knitting!!

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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!

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