ABOUT THIS PATTERN

Pattern available in English.

Lace Matrix Headband is a quick knit with an accessible but unusual pattern to keep you engaged. It uses aran weight yarn and the pattern is worked in the round with no seams. It uses a combination of lace and knit and purl textures.

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Recommended Yarn

Aran weight yarn

Lightly variegated, lightly speckled to solid color yarns, as well as lightly fuzzy / haloed yarns with good stitch definition are recommended. Tweedy yarns, very fuzzy / haloed yarns or heavily variegated / speckled yarns are not recommended as they will obscure both the difference between the knit and purl stitches and the lace on which this pattern depends.

Sample knit with We Are Knitters Meriwool in Mauve.
 
Needles

5mm / US 8 / UK 6 40cm/16” or 80cm/32” (for magic loop) circular needles (or size to obtain gauge)
 
Gauge (Per 10 cm / 4” after blocking) in stockinette, in the round

16 stitches x 20 rows
 
Size Dimensions as based on recommended gauge:

44 cm / 17” circumference (unstretched) x 15 cm / 6” tall
Fits up to 64 cm / 25” circumference (stretched)

Yardage

~65 m / 70 yds

Notions

•	Different colored stitch markers or waste yarn
•	Colored markers / pens
•	highlighter (for marking knitted rows on printed charts - this is essential for keeping track of where you are in the pattern!)
•	row counter (optional)
•	tapestry needle
•	tape measure 

Techniques
• Italian tubular cast on & cast off
• knitting in the round
• lace knitting (YO, ssk, k2tog, CDD)