Date: Tue, 9 Dec 1997 20:07:36 -0500 From: Pat Marvin To: knitlist Subject: KNIT: gift - headband [...] Dear Listers, My gift to the list is a headband with a cabled braid. Someone asked for a headband pattern, so I'm obliging. There isn't much to it - but it is mine...with all due credit to a stitch pattern from Barbara Walker #2 (Elongated Five-Rib Braid). I used one skein (avg yardage) of DK weight, although YMMV, with #5 needles, or what looks good. Cast on 22 stitches with waste yarn. Switch to good yarn, and repeat rows 1-10 until measures about 20". Block (I used wires), then graft (kitchener) invisible seam, remove waste yarn. The grafting is a little tricky, because some is purl, some garter, and some stockinette. Or just sew it together, and call it the back! Rows 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 (odd rows are wrong side): K4, P14, K4 Row 2: K2, P2, *(K2, P1)* 4 times, K2, P2, K2 Row 4: K2, P2, K2, *(P1, FC)* twice, P2, K2 Row 6: K2, P2, *(K2, P1)* 4 times, K2, P2, K2 Row 8: K2, P2, *(BC, P1)* twice, K2, P2, K2 Row 10: K2, P2, *(K2, P1)* 4 times, K2, P2, K2 Abbreviations: CN: Cable Needle FC - Front Cross - slip 3 sts to CN, hold in front, K2, then slip the purl st back to left needle, P1, then K2 from CN BC - Back Cross - slip 3 sts to CN, hold in back, K2, then slip the purl st back to left needle, P1, then K2 from CN [...] Pat Marvin from Souderton, PA, USA pmarvin@enter.net --- This pattern downloaded from Wool Works: the online knitting compendium http://www.woolworks.org/