I designed this pattern for the 2017 LYS Tour (Local Yarn Store Tour) for All Wound Up Yarn Shop, located in Edmonds, WA.

This year’s LYS Tour was all about community. Our theme, “Stitch Two Together” emphasizes reaching out to others and showing love and kindness. I think the Supertramp song, “Give a Little Bit” says it so beautifully…

“Give a little bit. Give a little bit of your love to me.
Give a little bit. I’ll give a little bit of my love to you.
There’s so much that we need to share,
send a smile and show you care.”

In that spirit, we encourage you to make 2 (or more!) headbands. Keep one for yourself, and give the other to someone who could use a little bit of extra love.

Palouse Yarn Company created a special set of Merino Fine “Halfsies” for the Tour. They included 2 mini skeins equalling the total weight and yardage of one traditional skein. With one set of 2 colors, customers could make two headbands by switching the dominant color for the second one. With 2 full size skeins of Merino Fine, you will be able to knit (at least) 4 headbands.