A mosaic headband with i-cord edging and a dragon’s eye pattern.

Dragon’s breath is a vibrant red flower that grows in woodland, beneath the trees. It has stunning fiery red foliage and survives in cold Northern drought conditions, preferring shorter days with low light.

Dragon’s Breath is a pattern from the Winter Blooms book

Size:
One size
40.5 cm (16 in) circumference and 11 cm (4.25 in) deep (unstretched)

Yarn:
4ply weight yarn
Colinette Jitterbug (100% Merino wool, 366 m / 400 yds in 100g) in colour ways:

• New Storm (MC)
• Morello Mash (CC) One skein of each

Needles & Notions:
3.25 mm (US 3) needles for small diameter circular knitting and i-cord
1 stitch marker
3.5 mm (US E/4) crochet hook (for Provisional cast-on)

Gauge:
28 sts x 62 rows in 10 cm x 10 cm (4 in x 4 in) measured over mosaic pattern

Skills required:
Knit and purl stitches
Following a colourwork chart
Casting on and off
Knitting in the round

Pattern information:
Originally published September 2018.
Current version: Dragon’s Breath_v1.0.pdf
PDF file size: 1.1MB
Blog post with more information can be found here
Technical Editor: Gwen Wagner-Adair
Model: Freyja Boycott-Garnett
Photography: Aldersign