Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Knitted Broken Heart Anti-Valentines Headband



Anti-Valentines Headband

What you need:
Size 5 knitting needles
small amount of Color A
small amount of Color B

Gauge
1 in square= 8 stitches horizontally and 9 rows in stockinette stitch


Working in CA:
Cast on 15

Row 1-4: Knit
Row 5:(wrong side) Knit 2, Purl 11, Knit 2
Row 6: Knit
Row 7-14: Repeat Rows 5 & 6
Row 15: Knit 2, Purl 11, Knit 2

(Beginning with Row 16 is the broken heart pattern)

Row 16: CA Knit 7, CB Knit 3, CA Knit5
Row 17: CA Knit 2, Purl2, CB Purl 5, CA Purl 4, Knit 2
Row 18: CA Knit 5, CB Knit 7, CA Knit 3
Row 19: CA Knit 2, CB Purl 8, CA Purl 3, Knit 2
Row 20: CA Knit 4, CB Knit 9, CA Knit 2
Row 21: CA Knit 2, CB Purl 9, CA Purl 2, Knit 2
Row 22: CA Knit 4, CB Knit 9, CA Knit 2
Row 23: CA Knit 2, Purl 1, CB Purl 7, CA Purl 3, Knit 2
Row 24: CA Knit 6, CB Knit 3, CA Knit 1, CB Knit 1, CA Knit 4
Row 25: CA Knit 2, Purl 5, CB Purl 1, CA Purl 3, CB Purl 2, CA Knit 2
Row 26: CA Knit 3, CB Knit 2, CA Knit 5, CB Knit 1, CA Knit 4
Row 27: CA Knit 2, Purl 1, CB Purl 3, CA Purl 3, CB Purl 3, CA Purl 1, Knit 2
Row 28: CA Knit 4, CB Knit 3, CA Knit 1, CB Knit 5, CA Knit 2
Row 29: CA Knit 2, CB Purl 9, CA Purl 2, Knit 2
Row 30: CA Knit 4, CB Knit 9, CA Knit 2
Row 31: CA Knit 2, CB Purl 8, CA Purl 3, Knit 2
Row 32: CA Knit 5, CB Knit 7, CA Knit 3
Row 33: CA Knit 2, Purl 2, CB Purl 5, CA Purl 4, Knit 2
Row 34: CA Knit 7, CB Knit 3, CA Knit 5

(Ending with Row 34 is the broken heart pattern)

Working in CA
Row 35: Knit 2, Purl 11, Knit 2
Row 36: Knit
Row 37-46: Repeat Rows 35 & 36

Repeat Rows 16-46 twice. (This should be rows 47-110)

Working in CA
Row 111-115: Knit
Cast Off.

Taking a strand of both CA and CB cast on 36.

Begin working holding both strands together.

Row 1-12: Work in a Knit 1, Purl 1 Rib pattern.
Cast off.

Using CA attach ends of the two pieces together. Enjoy your headband!

Note: If you wish to make it smaller, you can reduce the number at cast on or you can place the excess of the ribbed band under the patterned piece and sew along the edges. The stitch work will not show.

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