Hopscotch Cable Headband. Designed by Sarah Dunster
This headband is shaped from narrow to wide to narrow again, with a cable pattern running the length of the band. The way the cables move in and out remind me of playing a game of hopscotch! Techniques used - Cable stitch, basic increasing and decreasing.
Materials
8ply yarn - 1 50g ball. The headband uses about 2/3 of a 95metre ball. 1 have tested using the following yarns -- Filatura di Crosa Zara \~ 1o0% pure extrafine merino wool; Heirloom Celtic - 67% pure new wool, 33% alpaca; Wendy Sorrento - 45% cotton, 55% acrylic. 1 pair (or 60cm circular) of 4mm needles. 1 cable needle. 1 wool needle for weaving ends and sewing button. 1 button at least 25mm wide.
Abbreviations
| K -knit | P-purl |
| C4B -place 2 stitches onto cable needle and hold at back of work, knit next 2 stitches, then knit the 2 stitchesfromthecableneedle. | C4F - place 2 stitches onto cable needle and hold at front of work, knit next 2 stitches, then knit the 2 stitches from the cableneedle. |
| PM - Place marker. | SM - slip marker to other needle. |
| SSK - slip next 2 stitches onto right hand needle purlwise, then use left hand needle to knit through the front of slipped stitches. | K2tog-knit next 2 stitchestogether as if they were 1 stitch. |
| M1 - pick up yarn from between 2 stitches and place on left needle from front to back, knit into the back of the picked up yarn to create a new stitch. |
Start Band
Cast on 16 Stitches 1 K2 p2 k8 p2 k2 2 K4 p8 k4 3 \~8 Repeat rows 1 and 2 3 times
Buttonhole
9 K2 p2 k4 cast off 2 stitches k2 p2 k2 10 K4 p2 turn cast on 2 turn p4 k4 11 K2 p2 k8 p2 k2 12 K4 p8 k4
Start Cable Pattern
1 K2 p2 k8 p2 k2 2 K4 p8 k4 3 K2 p2 C4B C4F p2 k2 4 K4 p8 k4 5\~12 Repeat rows 1 - 4 twice
Start Increase
25 K2 p2 k8 p2 k2 26 K4 p8 k4 27 K2 p2 C4B C4F p2 k2 28 K2 m1 k2 p8 k2 m1 k2 Repeat rows 25 - 28 until 32 stitches in total. Make sure you work the new stitches as knit stitches on wrong side and purl stitches on right side. 7 cable repeats
Start centre cable panel. 1 have used stitch markers to show the beginning and end of the cable pattern. This is optiona1.
1 K2 p4 pm k4 C4B k4 C4F k4 pm p4 k2 2 K6 sm p20 sm k6 3 K2 p4 sm k2 C4B k8 C4F k2 sm p4 k2 4 K6 sm p20 sm k6 5 K2 p4 sm C4B k12 C4F sm p4 k2 6 K6 sm p20 sm k6 7 K2 p4 sm k6 C4B C4F k6 sm p4 k2 8 K6 sm p20 sm k6 Repeat rows 1 - 8 once, then rows 1 \~ 6K2 p4 k20 p4 k2 K6 p20 K6
Reverse cables
1 K2 p4 C4F k12 C4B p4 k2 2 K6 p20 k6 3 K2 p4 k2 C4F k8 C4B k2 p4 k2 4 As row 2 5 K2 p4 k4 C4F k4 C4B k4 p4 k2 6 As row 2 7 K2 p4 k6 C4F C4B k6 p4 k2 8 As row 2 Repeat rows 1 8 once then 1 - 7 once
Start Decrease
Setup K2 ssk k8 p8 k8 k2tog k2 ① Sarah Dunster 2011 row 1 K2 p10 k8 p10 k2 2 K11 p8 k11 3 K2 p9 C4F C4B p9 k2 4 K2 ssk k8 p8 k8 k2tog k2 Repeat rows 1 - 4 until 16 stitches remain. Remember to knit and purl stitches as they appear. 1 K2 p2 k8 p2 k2 2 K4 p8 k4 3 K2 p2 C4F C4B p2 k2 4 K4 p8 k4 5\~12 Repeat rows 1 \~ 4 twice
Finish band
1 K2 p2 k8 p2 k2 2 K4 p8 k4 Repeat these rows 5 times Cast off
Finishing
Weave in ends using wool needle. Sew on button. Enjoy!
