Looking for a quick and easy way to create something beautiful while learning a new stitch pattern? Check out this easy Textured Knitting Headband pattern.

I wanted a small, easy knitting project that would allow me to work up a new stitch pattern (well, new to me!) so I decided a headband was just the thing!

I worked up this headband with the Small Quilted Cross Stitch, which gives amazing texture but doesn’t require any twisted stitches or a cable needle – just passing a slipped stitch over 3 stitches.

I designed mine with Yarn Bee Sugarwheel Cotton (I’m working on using up all the odds and ends I have of this wonderful yarn!) and I love the way it turned out for a warm season headband.

You could easily make this in acrylic or any other yarn that gets gauge. Really, since you are working to length the gauge isn’t even as important for this project as it is for many others – it would just affect the width of your headband, so use a fine or bulky yarn if you choose!