Four O'Clocks by Laura Aylor

Four O'Clocks

Knitting
March 2025
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
36 stitches and 36 rows = 4 inches
in stranded colorwork
US 2 - 2.75 mm
260 yards (238 m)
one - approximately 3.75” wide and 21” around
English
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This toasty headband starts with a provisional cast-on and a bit of ribbing. Stitches are then placed on 2 needles to form a tube and increases are worked for the desired width before working the stranded colorwork in the round. Once the colorwork is done, stitches are decreased and then put back on 1 needle for another bit of ribbing before joining with a 3-needle bind-off.

Skills required
Provisional cast-on
Increasing
Backwards-loop cast-on
Stranded colorwork
Decreasing
3-needle bind-off

Materials
Approximately 260 yards of fingering-weight yarn – 160 yards of the main (background) color and 100 yards for the flowers. There are 28 rows of four o’clocks – use as many colors as you like!
US 2/2.75 mm needles or size needed to obtain gauge. You will need 2 circulars (24” lengths work well)
Locking stitch marker to mark right side
Measuring tape
Tapestry needle
Scrap yarn