# Watermelon Head Kerchief
I love the taste of a sweet wedge of watermelon on a hot summer's day! With Something as cool and refreshing as that, it is hard to not design summer accessories to give yourself a cool, refreshed look. This head kerchief is great pattern to use up leftover yarn. If you do not have access to beads, you could always just make this a seedless watermelon! But even then, this only uses sixteen beads and they are definitely well worth the cost.
Size:
Fits the average adult head
Materials:
50g (approx. 150m) acrylic worsted weight yarn in pink, white and green (you will not use all of this yarn, especially the white and green, so this is where you use your leftovers) 5mm straight needles Cable needle 16 x 10mm diameter black beads Tapestry needle Gauge: Not important as this is a very stretchy material. However, if you really want to know, the yarn I used was meant for 4mm needles. If the kerchief turns out smaller than what you want it to, you can always block it and make it bigger then. Abbreviations: CO - cast on BO - bind off K - knit P- purl Kfb - knit through the front and back of the next stitch C3f - cable forward 3 - slip next three stitches onto a cable needle and hold at front of work, knit next 3 stitches from main work, knit 3 stitches from cable needle. B1 - bead one - move one bead up yarn to work, make a yarn over with the bead at the front of work. P2togtbl - purl two together through the back loops.
Pattern:
Before beginning, thread the 16 beads onto the pink yarn. Make a slipknot with the pink yarn and put this onto a 5mm needle (one stitch).
Row 1: kfb (2sts)
Row 2: k to end (2sts) Row 3: kfb, kfb (4sts) Row 4: k to end (4sts) Row 5: k, kfb, kfb, k(6sts) Row 6: kto end (6sts) Row 7: k, kfb, k2, kfb, k (8sts) Row 8: k to end (8sts) Row 9: k, kfb, k4, kfb, k (10sts) Row 10: k to end (10sts) Row 11: k, kfb, k6, kfb, k (12sts) Row 12: k3, p6, k3 (12sts) Row 13: k, kfb, p, k6, p, kfb, k (14sts) Row 14: k2, p, k, p6, k, p, k2 (14sts) Row 15: k, kfb, k, p, c3f, p,k, kfb, k(16sts) Row 16: k2, p2, k, p6, k, p2, k2 (16sts) Row 17: k, kfb, k2, p, k6, p, k2, kfb, k (18sts) Row 18: k2, p3, k, p6, k, p3, k2 (18sts) Row 19: k, kfb, k3, p, k3, b1, k3, p, k3, kfb, k (20sts) Row 20: k2, p4, k, p3, p2togtbl, p2, k, p4, k2 (20sts) Row 21: k, kfb, k4, p, k6, p, k4, kfb, k (22sts) Row 22: k2, p5, k, p6, k, p5, k2 (22sts) Row 24: k, kfb, k5, p, c3f, p, k5, kfb, k (24sts) Row 25: k2, p6, k, p6, k, p6, k2 (24sts) Row 26: k, kfb, k6, p, k6, p, k6, kfb, k (26sts) Row 27: k3, p6, k, p6, k, p6, k3 (26sts)
Row 28: k, kfb, p, k6,p, k3, b1, k3, p, k6, p, kfb, k (28sts)
Row 29: k2,p,k, p6, k, p3, p2togtbl, p2, k, p6, k, p, k2 (28sts) Row 30: k, kfb, k, p, k6, p, k6, p, k6, p, k, kfb, k (30sts) Row 31: k2, p2, k, p6, k, p6,k, p6, k,p2, k2 (30sts) Row 32: k, kfb, k2, p, c3f, p, c3f, p, c3f, p, k2, kfb, k(32sts) Row 33: k2, p3, k, p6, k, p6, k, p6, k, p3, k2 (32sts) Row 34: k, kfb, k3, p, k6, p, k6, p, k6, p, k3, kfb, k (34sts) Row 35: k2, p4, k, p6,k, p6, k, p6, k, p4, k2 (34sts) Row 36: k, kfb, k4, p, k3, b1, k3, p, k3, b1, k3, p, k3, b1, k3, p, k4, kfb, k (36sts) Row 37: k2,p5, k, p3, p2togtbl, p2,k, p3, p2togtbl, p2,k,p3, p2togtbl, p2,k, p5, k2 (36sts) Row 38: k, kfb, k5, p, k6,p, k6, p, k6, p, k5, kfb, k(38sts) Row 39: k2, p6, k, p6, k, p6, k, p6, k, p6, k2 (38sts) Row 40: k, kfb, k6, p, c3f, p, c3f, p, c3f, p, k6, kfb, k (40sts) Row 41: k3, p6, k, p6, k, p6, k, p6, k, p6, k3 (40sts) Row 42: k, kfb, p, k6, p, k6, p, k6, p, k6, p, k6, p, kfb, k (42sts) Row 43: k2, p, k, p6, k, p6, k, p6, k, p6, k, p6, k, p, k2 (42sts) Row 44: k, kfb, k, p, k3, b1, k3, p, k3, b1, k3, p, k6, p, k3, b1, k3, p, k3, b1, k3, p. k, kfb, k (44sts) Row 45: k2, p2, k, p3, p2togtbl, p2, k, p3, p2togtbl, p2, k, p6, k, p3, p2togtbl, p2, k, p3, p2togtbl, p2 ,k, p2, k2 (44sts) Row 46: k, kfb, k2, p, k6, p, k6, p, k6, p, k6, p, k6, p, k2, kfb, k (46sts) Row 47: k2, p3, k, p6, k, p6, k, p6, k, p6, k, p6, k, p3, k2 (46sts) Row 48: k, kfb, k3, p, c3f, p, c3f, p, c3f, p, c3f, p, c3f, p, k3, kfb, k (48sts)
Row 49: k2, p4, k, p6,k, p6, k, p6, k, p6, k, p6, k, p4, k2 (48sts)
Row 50: k, kfb, k4, p, k6,p, k6, p, k6,p, k6,p, k6, p, k4, kfb, k(50sts) Row 51: k2, p5, k, p6, k, p6, k, p6, k, p6, k, p6, k, p5, k2 (50sts) Row 52: k, kfb, k5, p, k3, b1, k3, p, k6, p, k3, b1, k3, p, k6, p, k3, b1, k3, p, k5, kfb, k (52sts) Row 53: k2, p6, k, p6, k, p6, k, p6, k, p6, k, p6, k, p6, k2 (52sts) Row 54: k, kfb, k6, p, k6, p, k6, p, k6, p, k6, p, k6, p, k6, kfb, k (54sts) Row 55: k3, p6, k, p6, k, p6, k, p6, k, p6, k, p6, k, p6, k3 (54sts) Row 56: k, kfb, p, k6, p, c3f, p, c3f, p, c3f,p, c3f, p, c3f,p, k6, p, kfb, k (56sts) Row 57: k2, p, k, p6, k, p6, k, p6, k, p6, k, p6, k, p6, k, p6, k, p, k2 (56sts) Row 58: k, kfb, k, p, k6, p, k6, p, k6, p, k6,p, k6, p, k6, p, k6, p, k, kfb, k(58sts) Row 59: k2, p2, k, p6, k, p6, k, p6, k, p6, k, p6, k, p6, k, p6, k, p2, k2 (58sts) Row 60: k, kfb, k2, p, k3, b1, k3, p, k6, p, k3, b1, k3, p, k6, p, k3, b1, k3, p, k6, p, k3, b1, k3, p, k2, kfb, k(60 sts) Row 61: k2, p3, k, p3, p2togtbl, p2, k, p6, k, p3, p2togtbl, p2, k, p6, k, p3, p2togtbl, p2, k, p6, k, p3, p2togtbl, p2, k, p3, k2 (60sts) Row 62: k, kfb, k3, p, k6, p, k6, p, k6,p, k6, p, k6, p, k6, p, k6, p, k3, kfb, k (62sts) Row 63: k2, p4, k, p6, k, p6, k, p6, k, p6, k, p6, k, p6, k, p6, k, p4, k2 (62sts) Row 64: k, kfb, k4, p, c3f, p, c3f, p, c3f,p, c3f, p, c3f, p, c3f, p, c3f, p, k4, kfb, k(64sts) Row 65: k2, p5,k, p6,k, p6,k, p6,k, p6,k, p6, k, p6,k, p6,k, p5, k2 (64sts) Change to white yarn Row 66: k, kfb, k5, p, k6, p, k6, p, k6, p, k6, p, k6, p, k6, p, k6, p, k5, kfb, k (6sts) Row 67: k2, p6, k, p6, k, p6, k, p6, k, p6, k, p6, k, p6, k, p6, k, p6, k2 (66sts)
Row 68: k, kfb, k6, p, k6, p, k6, p, k6, p, k6, p, k6, p, k6, p, k6, p, k6, kfb, k (68sts)
69: k3, p6, k, p6, k, p6, k, p6, k, p6, k, p6, k, p6, k, p6, k, p6, k3 (68sts) Change to green yarn Row 70: k, kfb, p, k6, p, k6, p, k6, p, k6, p, k6, p, k6, p, k6, p, k6, p, k6, p, kfb, k (70sts) Row 71: k2, p, k, p6, k, p6, k, p6, k, p6, k, p6, k, p6, k, p6, k, p6, k, p6, k, p, k2 (70sts) BO all sts Ties: (make 2) With green, CO 35sts. BO all sts Finishing: Sew the ties to the two green corners of the triangle. Weave in all ends. Enjoy!
