DO YOUR HAIR hairband by Heidi Kästner

DO YOUR HAIR hairband

Knitting
September 2020
both are used in this pattern
Light Fingering ?
43 stitches and 57 rows = 4 inches
in linen stitch
US 2½ - 3.0 mm
US 1½ - 2.5 mm
125 - 150 yards (114 - 137 m)
one size fits all, width 3.5 cm / 1⅓", length adjustable
English
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Part one starts at one side of the straight striped section. That section is long enough to cover the area between both of your ears and is knit back and forth. This section uses Linen stitch.
Thereon a ripped section follows. When the accessory is finished this section is used for tying up the hairband. The leaf-shaped ending that follows right after that ripped section, is made from Seed stitch. It gets it’s shaping from some yarn overs and decreasing at the edge.

Sizes to fit head circumference:
One size fits all: width 3.5 cm / 1⅓“, length adjustable

Yarn:
Yarn A – 16 g / approx. 98 yd
BC Garn Bio Shetland, 50g=280m / 306 yd
Color 14 – Sapphire

Yarn B - 2 g / approx. 8¼ yd
Wolle Rödel Strumpfwolle Classic 4fädig
75 % Wool + 25% Nylon, 50 g = 190 m / 207 yd
Color 034 – Light Grey

Yarn C - 2 g / approx. 8¼ yd
Wolle Rödel Strumpfwolle Classic 4fädig
75 % Wool + 25% Nylon, 50 g = 190 m / 207 yd
Color 028 – Khaki

Gauge:
43 sts and 57 rows to 10 cm/ 4”
using 3 mm/ US 2½ over linen stitch.

Notions:
─ 2.5 mm / US 1½ needles
─ 3 mm / US 2½ needles
─ Tapestry needle
─ Scissors