This is so simple it needs no pattern. Cast on using the wool, stitch and needle combination of your choice and knit one headband to fit the size of the recipient. Then - being careful not to twist your knitting - cast on for a second headband, linking it through the first. This may take two evenings, less if you're a fast knitter.
The idea is from a wartime "make do" publication and is intended to use up those little balls of leftover wool that we all have lying around. I made it in a rib stitch using #6 needles, from a thrift store purchase of a partial skein of Paton's sequinned lace (not recommended for beginners). I didn't use a pattern for the matching keyhole scarf but there are dozens out there.
If I decide to make this again, I'm going to use a 100% wool.
This is pretty neat! Thanks for posting.
ReplyDeleteIt doesn't look as though it should fit on the head - but it does! The original suggested knitting it in mohair, and running a jeweled hatpin through it.
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