Finished Blue Leaf Headband

Sorry I've been so MIA recently. I just started working, and yesterday was my first day off in a week. Fortunately, I'm going to be off until next Thursday, so that gives me some time to catch up on my knitting!

I did finish the blue leaf headband for boyfriend's mom a little while ago, I just haven't had time to post about it.

I'm really satisfied with how it turned out. It still rolls a little bit because of the border, but with a little wear, I think it'll sort itself out. It was my first time using a selvage edge, and I don't really notice a difference between that and a normal edge. Everything I've read tells me that it stabilizes the edge and helps to keep it from curling, and I guess the knit stitches that have the edge aren't curling, but that isn't stopping the purl row right next to them from doing so anyway. I mean, I guess it doesn't hurt to have it.

I used the option in the pattern which allowed for a button hole, and the thing that kept the headband from being really and truly finished was me slacking and just not sewing on the button because it's kind of a pain. I finally did it, and I think the colors are nice together.

That's another Christmas present in the complete pile! I really hope she likes it.

Happy knitting!

Blue Leaf Headband

'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!