'Tis the season, and I've been trying to figure out what to knit everyone for Christmas. Some of them I have covered like the box-stitch scarf for my mom, and some I have projects that are in the works like my sister's mittens. However, every time I dare to think, "Okay, I at least know what I'm going to make for everyone," I realize I've forgotten someone. This time I remembered boyfriend's mom.
It's not that I never thought about her. A few months ago I had boyfriend ask her if she'd prefer a hat or headband, and she said headband. But the other day I was looking at my yarn stash, thinking of what I'm using/ going to use for what, and I was looking at this almost cerulean yarn and thinking how nice it would look for boyfriend's mom's headband. Boyfriend's mom's headband! I'd forgotten.
I hit Ravelry looking for something I wanted to make. I found this Blue Leaf Headband by Adrienne Krey. I love it. The pattern is so cute, and not at all difficult. It gave me some good practice increasing (although this pattern had slight differences from the normal make 1) as well as more experience with knit 2 together (k2tog), slip slip knit (ssk), and yarn over or yarn forward (yo or yf).
The more I knit up the pattern, the more I like it. It is easy to work and remember, so I'm not staring at my pattern constantly the way I've had to with other lace patterns. The one thing I don't really understand about the pattern, is that in it there was a note that recommended slipping the first stitch of each row (slip 1) to create a selvage edge. I don't really understand selvage edges and why I would use one, for example, in this pattern.
All told, this headband is coming along beautifully and as quickly as Krey promised!
Happy knitting!
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