How to Knit a Headband with a Fair Isle Snowflake Pattern

This headband allows you to try different patterns and experiment with color combinations while knitting a simple rectangle. For project, work in the round following the snowflake motif chart and changing colors as indicated.

Credit: ©Marly Bird

Here are the materials and vital statistics for this project:

• Measurements: 21 inches x 3 inches

• Yarn: 100% Peruvian highland wool, 164 yards per 1.76 ounces (50 grams)

  • Color A: Light Gray (or color of your choice), 1 ball

  • Color B: Light Pink (or color of your choice), 1 ball

  • Color C: White (or color of your choice), 1 ball

• Needles: One 16-inch size US 5 (3-1/2 mm) circular needle or dpns to work in the round

• Other materials: Stitch marker, yarn needle to weave in ends

• Gauge: 24 stitches per 4 inches in stockinette stitch (6 stitches per 1 inch)

Create your headband:

1. Using Color A, cast on 112 sts. Place a stitch marker to indicate the beginning of the round, and then join to work in the round.

   Start with 4 rounds of garter stitch to give the headband a nice border edge. Remember, garter stitch in the round is a combination of 1 purl (or knit) row followed by 1 knit (or purl) row.

2. For the body of the headband, work in stockinette stitch. Knit 2 rounds even and follow the chart in Figure 13-10 for the snowflake motif. Keep the background stitches in Color A throughout, but work the motif stitches as follows:

   Rounds 1–4: Color B

   Rounds 5–9: Color C

   Rounds 10–13: Color B

   • Knit 2 rounds even in Color A.

   • Work 3 rounds in garter stitch and bind off.

3. Finishing: Weave in loose ends and block gently with steam.

   

   Snowflake Fair Isle chart.