Flora Beaded Lace Headband
A beautiful, beaded lace headband which is worked flat, then the short ends are twisted and sewn together to create a headband. Beads add a bit of twinkle to an elegant accessory.
Materials:
Spectrum Fibre Superwash Merino DK (DK; 100% merino wool; 230m/252yds per 115g) x 50g. Shown in shade: Love Struck
OR
Hjertegarn Merino Cotton (DK; 50% merino wool/50% cotton;120m/131yds per 50g ball) x 1 ball. Shown in shade: 1620 Baby Blue
4mm (UK 8/US 6) knitting needles
0.75mm crochet hook (for adding beads)
Debbie Abrams Seed Beads, size 6, colour 224 Velvet x 36 (38, 40) beads (1 bag)
Size:
Width: 11cm/4 ½in
To fit head: 53.5-55.5 (56-58, 59-61)cm/21½-22¼ (22½-23¼, 23½-24½)in
Length: 51.5 (54.5, 57)cm/20½ (21¾, 22¾)in
Tension:
25.5 sts and 21 rows over 10cm/4in in Chart after blocking.
Exact tension is not essential but a difference in tension may affect the final size and amount of yarn used.
Difficulty level:
Easy/Intermediate (see skills required below).
Skills Needed (see pattern for abbreviations):
Basic Skills: cast on, knit, purl, sl wyif
Decreases: k2tog, ssk, sk2po
Increases: yo
Lace (using Chart or Written Instructions)
Reading Chart (optional - see Tutorial bit.ly/readcharts)
Adding bead using the crochet hook method (see pattern)
See tutorial bit.ly/SeamingFlora for how to sew ends together
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