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!

Previously Finished Projects 2: Sister's Headband

Another of the projects I finished way back before I started blogging was my sister's headband. It was before I had graduated college during winter exams, so naturally I had dragged out my knitting stuff for something to distract myself from studying. It eventually transpired that, after some practice, I could knit and read on my computer (though not a book because I had to free hands to hold the thing open) and so make gifts while I studied.

It was in this time that I also discovered this gorgeous lace pattern. Well, I immediately thought of my sister when I saw it, and I knew I had this light blue, brown, and tan yarn around that I though would work well. I have since lost the name of the pattern, but, as long as the needles I'm using for the scarf are the same as the needles I used for the headband, then I used US 10 needles for this.

Now, I think I would have been better off using a solid colored yarn rather than variegated because I think the pattern would have stood out better, but I guess it's too late now. I'm still very pleased with how it turned out, even it the 24 stitch wide pattern was a little too wide for a headband.

I have pulled out this headband's matching scarf, and I'm going to begin work on that again soon, but for now, this has been another previously finished project.

Happy knitting!