Coral Frida Headband and Free Pattern by Emilie Luis

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I knit this coral Frida headband using leftover yarn from my Caswell Bay Hat by Fiona Alice. The Caswell Bay Hat used almost exactly half a skein of DK weight yarn by Emily Foden. Fortunately, one good thing about headbands is that they use small amounts of yarn. You might not have enough of a beautiful yarn left over to knit a hat, scarf, or sweater. However, headbands just require a few hundred metres of yarn!

The beautiful yarn is hand-dyed by Emily Foden of Viola Yarn. I knit this headband with just under 0.5 skein of Viola Shadow DK, a yarn that is 50% Polwarth, 35% Wendsleydale, and 15% Zwartbles. Not only is the colour gorgeous, but I wanted to try that yarn and that blend of sheep breed wools! The final yarn has a bit of a halo, a rich colour, and a bit of drape.

The Frida headband is a double layer of stockinette fabric. The pattern, as written, called for a strand of laceweight mohair and a strand of fingering weight yarn. Together, these yarns act as a DK weight. Since I wanted to use up part skeins that I have kicking around, I used a single strand of DK weight yarn.

Instead of the recommended 4.0 mm needles, I used 3.0 mm ones due to my loose gauge. The pattern instructs the knitter to knit until you reach your desired length. As a result, you can easily make this headband for heads of any size! I’m sure this would look great in a smaller size for children too.

This is the second time that I used the double knitting technique. Thankfully, it’s not hard! I just had to make sure that I slipped the stitches purlwise. The double layer of stockinette makes sure that this headband will be nice and warm. If you want to make the headband wider, you can just cast on an extra even number of stitches. Conversely, you can make it narrower by casting on less. However, changing the width will of course affeect how much yarn you require.

Creating the twist turned out to be rather simple and ingenious. Once finished, you can choose to wear the twisted part of the headband in the front, or the back. I find having the twisted, cinched part fits nicely under your hair on the back of your head. Your choice!

Get the free pattern for the Frida headband on Ravelry here. The pattern is available in both English and French.

We love knitting headbands! Check out some of the other headbands that we have made:

• Mohair entrelac headband
• Red Queensland Beach headband
• Blue woven cable headband
• Pink entrelac headband
• Purple Frida headband