This squishy, double-thick headband features high relief cables which pop up more than traditional cables. The doubled fabric plus the cables will keep your ears toasty warm! It is provisionally cast on, knit in the round in a tube, and then grafted together.

Size
child/teenager (adult medium, adult large)
to fit head circumference 20” (22”, 24”) | 51cm (56cm, 61cm)
actual measurements 3.5” x 18” (20.5”, 23”) | 9cm x 45.5cm (52cm, 58cm)

Suggested yarn
1 skein of Cascade 220 or
approximately 155 (175, 200) yards | 140 (160, 180) meters of comparable worsted-weight yarn (220 yards per 100g | 200 meters per 100g) with good stitch definition

Gauge
20 sts and 25 rows over 4” - exact gauge is not critical

Materials needed

• size US 8 circular needles with a cable of a comfortable length
• a cable needle or DPN
• a small amount of worsted-weight contrasting yarn
• spare circular of a similar size as your main needles
• yarn needle to kitchener and weave in ends

Skills needed
provisional cast on, magic loop or otherwise knitting in the round, knit, purl, cabling, grafting (kitchener stitch)