Stretchy headband, knit in-the-round, seamless, in either worsted or fingering weight yarn.

Sizes included are baby, toddler, child, adult small, adult large.

-Yarn needed is about 12g fingering weight or 23g worsted.
-Perfect for advent calendars & leftovers!
-You’ll need either size 3 or size 10.5 needles. I prefer to work these on DPNs, but the larger sizes can be worked on 16” circular, or you can do magic loop.

My in-laws live on a Century Farm in upper East Tennessee. A Century Farm is a farm which has been officially recognized as being continuously owned by a single family for 100 years or more and is still a working farm. Over the decades, the farm has been divided as it has been passed down, and is a fraction of what it used to be. But it’s still one of the prettiest places on earth. At the base of Buffalo Mountain, the farm consists of rolling hills, a gorgeous red barn, and part of Sinking Creek runs through it. My husband and generations before him grew up playing in the little creek. He tells stories about catching crawdads and damming up a section to make a tiny swimming pool. It’s named “Sinking” because at certain points, it drops below the earth, into underground caves, and then rises again to nourish the wildlife on the surface.

As I learned this sweet little shell stitch rib, it reminded me of the tiny shells along the banks of the Sinking Creek. The headband is worked sideways, to put the rib stitch to its best use. The 4-row repeat is easy to memorize, with no cables involved. It’s a very quick little knit, perfect for gifting. I’ve included sizes for the whole family.