Sweet Nothings Crochet: EASY SLIM SEEDED HEADBAND

EASY SLIM SEEDED HEADBAND

We’ve been working on headband patterns for the past few days.

Today we are working on the simple seed stitch using a half double crochet st and a slip stitch.

In today’s pattern, there are two ideas with the same seed stitch – one that has just one round (after the foundation round) and one with two – and both give you slightly different patterns for a slim seeded headband.

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Materials used : Today I’ve used some Value ball Kriglye Sparkle acrylic yarn (from Spotlight) with a 4 mm crochet hook.

For Indians : You could use Anchor , Red ros e ; Red rose metallic or unbranded knitting cotton as well as Oswal or Vardhaman acrylic yarns

For Indians : Though this yarn reads 8-ply, it is of the same thickness as our local Oswal 4-ply or Vardhaman Millennium yarn.

General yarn info : Todays yarn is not specific for this pattern. Use any yarn with a suitable hook to make this headband to any size.

Difficulty level : Intermediate.

Stitches used :

How to hold your yarn in crochet : https://youtu.be/FwOlCbGdbqY

Starting slip knot : Here’s how you start with a slip knot. https://youtu.be/lJcqsVcs8cw

Starting slip knot 1 or the Sloppy Slip knot : This is a neat new way to start your work without a slip knot. https://youtu.be/YfC7KmGpifs

What is a slip stitch : Here is a neat video tutorial at https://youtu.be/weB3QNbA8Iw

What is a chain stitch ? Here is an easy video tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXx5ukBjKkY

Foundation Single Crochet : fsc : To refresh your skill on the fsc, please view this video https://youtu.be/mcT85fwh4mA

Half Double Crochet : Hdc : yo, insert hk into st ; yo (3 lps on hk) ;

yo, draw through all 3 lps. One hdc made.

Check out the video at https://youtu.be/sDiELJdB2Dg

Chainless start for Half Double Crochet : I dislike the ch-2 start, and this is what I do to start my row of hdc. Check out the video at https://youtu.be/lWXpl1KdbZ8

Here is a sizing chart for general head sizing :

https://in.pinterest.com/pin/470063279839058772/ OR

https://in.pinterest.com/pin/470063279837764548/

Whipstitch to join : Here’s a quick tutorial on how to join using the whipstitch at https://youtu.be/wZ-9LNzftMA

Invisible join : Here’s a quick tutorial on how to join using the embroidery needle and whipstitch to get an invisible join at https://youtu.be/a6XZQ6VzJFM

Single crochet to join : Here’s a quick tutorial on how to join using the single crochet at https://youtu.be/6FXoW_47_dI

Abbreviations used :

sc : single crochet dc : Double crochet

ch : chain ch-sp : chain space

sp : space rep : Repeat

hk : hook lp (s) : loop(s)

yo : yarn over

fsc : Foundation Single crochet

sl-st : Slip Stitch

hdc : Half Double crochet

Instructions using U.S terminology

Please note that I start all my rounds with a ch 1 turning chain for ease.

Please check the top of this blog for video tutorials of all the stitches used in today’s pattern.

Please note that I take a lot of trouble to give ideas and tips through my pattern sheet, so please read through the full sheet before you pick up your hook n yarn.

For today’s pattern our stitch count is in multiples of 2.

So an even number of stitches.

Just work as many stitches as you need to go around your head (circumference)

How easy is this, huh? And today’s pattern is just a minimum of three rounds or as many as you want to make it wider

As always, I like to start my work with the chainless foundation stitches.

So I started with foundation single crochet or fsc.

Don’t worry – there’s a video tutorial for this too at the top of this blog

I would urge you to try the fsc, but in case you can’t, then start with an uneven number of stitches, and work a sc in the 2^nd st from hook ; then work a sc all the way to the end. Check that you have (a) an even number of sts at the end and (b) it fits your head.

Start Round 1 : with an even number of fsc and as many sts as you need to go around your head.

Join with a sl-st to the 1^st st.

From now on, we will work in rounds.

In case this video for the today’s seed stitch pattern , here is a video tutorial.

If this video does not come on, go to https://youtu.be/NLRf3mQJ9FA

In this round, we will work our Seed stitch using hdc and sl-st.

Round 2 : hdc in the 1^st st ;

(sl-st in the next st ; hdc in the next st) ;

rep (to) all around ;

and join with a sl-st to the 1^st st.

Round 3 : sl-st in the 1^st st ;

(hdc in the next st ; sl-st in the next st) ;

rep (to) all around ;

and join with a sl-st to the 1^st st.

and this is basically it.. that’s the pattern !

Rep Rounds 2 & 3 till you have the width you need for your pattern.

Remember that you work a hdc over every sl-st and a sl-st over every hdc for the seed stitch pattern.

Now what you can do to get this to look the same both sides is to Turn at the end of each round. If you do that then you will work the same pattern, but you just rep Round 2 all around.

Why? Well, you end with a sl-st and like I said earlier, you work a hdc over a sl-st right.. so that’s what you do and that’s Round 2 - which is even simpler.. just one round of pattern.

Just remember you need to Turn at the end of each round, even though you are working in rounds.

You will see that this gives you the same pattern along the bottom and top and so your headband is interchangeable or has no bottom or top part

I worked 3 rows of the pattern and then finished with the last round

Last Round : sc in the 1^st st ;

And in each st all around ;

Join with a sl-st to the 1^st st.

Fasten off and weave in ends.

And that’s it.. our beautiful Easy Slim Seeded Headband done !

How cool is this, huh?

1. Hat circumference = measure around the head just above ears and subtract one inch for a nicely fitted finished hat.

2. Crown width = (this is a flat circular top of the hat) you need to divide hat circumference by 3.14 (pi).

3. Hat height = Head circumference / 10 x 4.

So you need to measure circumference of the head (round head measurement) and keep checking the outer circumference of your work.

There is another trick for measuring circumference (without running your measure tape all around the edge of your circle as you are working).

This works for a cap that you are working top down, from the crown of the head.

It works by dividing your round head measure by pi (3.14).

So say your head measurement is 22, divide 22 by 3.14 = 7.

Remember when calculating diameter, you must account for the stretch of your yarn too.

So once the ‘flat portion’ for the crown (or the first few rounds while you are still increasing) of your cap is 7” diameter, you can stop increases and start increasing just the length (without increasing stitches for the round)

Block as per yarn requirement, if needed.

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