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Happy Day After St. Patrick’s Day!  Hope you all had an awesome holiday, and hopefully you’re not feeling the after effects of last night too hard today.  Daniel and I had a low key St. Paddy’s, which included a homemade meal of corned beef, cabbage, and mashed potatoes.  Plus a couple of pints of Guinness (of course), mint green cupcakes, and a few Irish movies!  It was nice not dealing with the typical crowded bars, and since I didn’t have too wild a night, I was able to put up a new Etsy listing today!

My newest knitted creation is this super cute knit Bowtie Headband!  It is 100% handmade, super soft and warm, and looks great with a top knot.  It’s my new favorite winter accessory to wear for the last bit of the season.  Check it out!

This is another original design by moi, and you can get it at my Etsy Shop: MicheleVenleeDesigns!  You can also find other fun items there too!

As always, if you love it, please share it!  And be sure to come back soon, because I’ll be sharing the FREE pattern for this Knit Bowtie Headband in the spring!

Woo hoo, it’s Friday!  I bet you’re all super excited it’s almost the weekend, I know I am!  To make your Friday (hopefully) even better, I’m going to share another free knitting pattern with you all!

I’ve recently been obsessing over the knit headband trend, and since I’m back in a colder climate, I decided to make one for myself!  After searching endlessly for a pattern I liked, I finally found this pattern from the blog Transient Expression.  I completed the headband and while it’s super cute, it wasn’t exactly what I was looking for.  So a new search began for the perfect pattern.  I’ve come to realize the reason I rarely buy new clothes, shoes or accessories is because I’m constantly looking for the perfect item.  I’m not sure yet if that’s a good or bad quality, but in this case I think it was definitely good.  My desire for perfection pushed me to create a brand new pattern, and now I have a knit headband that I LOVE!

After a little bit of trial and error at the start, I eventually perfected the Cable Knit Headband Pattern and here it is for all of you to try out.  Happy Knitting!

Here’s what you need:

• 1 ball Impeccable Impecable in True Grey (100% acrylic, medium)
• Size 8 (5mm) knitting needles
• Cable needle
• Yarn needle for seaming and weaving in ends

Abbreviations:

• K:  Knit
• P:  Purl
• C8F:  Cable eight stitches in front

Gauge:  8 stitches and 15 rows in garter stitch = 2 inches.

Here’s what you do:

Cast on 20 stitches.

Row 1:  K2, P1, K1, P2, K8, P2, K1, P1, K2

Row 2: K3, P1, K2, P8, K2, P1, K3

Row 3: K2, P1, K1, P2, K8, P2, K1, P1, K2

Row 4: K3, P1, K2, P8, K2, P1, K3

Row 5: K2, P1, K1, P2, K8, P2, K1, P1, K2

Row 6: K3, P1, K2, P8, K2, P1, K3

Row 7:  K2, P1, K1, P2, C8F, P2, K1, P1, K2.  Here are some detailed images of Row 7…

Knit pattern until you reach “C8F”

Slip 4 stitches onto your cable needle and hold it in front of your work (this is part of the C8F)

Knit 4 stitches from knitting needle (C8F)

Knit stitches from your cable needle to complete C8F

Complete Row 7.  This is what the cable twist will look like

Repeat rows 2-7 until desired length, for me it was when the whole piece measured 15 ½ inches long.  It’s best to make it a bit tight, since the headband will stretch.

Bind off, sew seams together, weave in ends and then you’re done!

As always, please let me know if you have any questions in the comments section.  If any of you make a headband for yourself, I’d love to see photos of your completed project!  AND if you don’t know how to knit or simply don’t have the time, I’m excited to announce that I’m in the process of opening an Etsy shop!  So hopefully in the near future you’ll be able to buy some of the knitting products you see on here!

Can’t wait to share it with you all!  Have a wonderful weekend!

Hi guys, so today I’m super excited to share my very first knitting pattern with you all!

I was a pretty avid knitter in high school and college, but involuntarily took a break from it while I was focusing on acting in LA. One of the reasons I started this blog was to share my progress in improving new skills, as well as old skills that got pushed aside.  I recently started knitting again because I wanted to make a beard hat for my boyfriend Daniel.

I had a lot of trouble finding a knit beard pattern I liked, especially a free one. I found a pattern that was pretty close to what I wanted, but when I tried it out, I couldn’t get some of the rows to turn out correctly. I adapted it in a way that made more sense to me, and decided to write out the pattern for anyone looking for more beard hat options! Please bear in mind though – this is the first pattern I’ve written out, so it may be a little rough around the edges.

Here’s what you need:

• Size 8 (5 mm) needles
• Worsted weight wool, acrylic, or blend yarn in a natural color (I used a dark brown)
• Needle for weaving in ends

Gauge:  16 stitches and 26 rows = 4 inches in moss stitch

Here’s what you do:

Cast on 55 stitches.

Rows 1-2:  Moss stitch.  For those unfamiliar, to create a moss stitch you knit the purls and purl the knits.  You will be using moss stitch for the entire pattern.

Row 3:  K20, BO15, and then continue the row and K20.  You are creating the mouth opening.

Row 4:  Knit 20, CO15…

Turn work to the right side…

And then knit the rest of Row 4.

Here’s what the finished mouth opening will look like.

Row 5-10:  Continue moss stitch until the beard just reaches the bottom of your chin.  It was row 10 for me!

Now you will start your decreases to shape the bottom of the beard.

Row 11:  BO7, knit the rest of the row (48 st. remaining).

Row 12:  BO7, knit the rest of the row (41 st. remaining).

Decrease using the following pattern.  You will have 25 st. remaining

Rows 13-16:  K2tog, knit the rest of the row.

Rows 17-20:  K2tog, K2tog, knit the rest of the row.

Rows 21-24:  K2tog, knit the rest of the row.

Bind off the remaining 25 stitches and weave in ends.

I chose to fasten buttons on each end of the beard, and then (with my uncrafty ways) pulled each button through a stitch on the hat I made. Very technical, I know. You could certainly create button holes in the hat you’re using, I chose not to in case Daniel wanted to wear it without the beard.

You can use any technique you’d like to attach the beard to your hat – elastic, sew it on directly, buttons, etc. Whatever works for you!

Daniel loved his finished beard hat!  It’s incredibly warm and perfect for cold winter days!

I hope this knit beard hat pattern comes in handy for anyone looking!  Let me know in the comments section if you have any questions!

Bonus! Check out the hat pattern I used, and my pattern for the color blocking below!

I used this simple hat pattern for the hat pictured here.  I followed the pattern for the medium size pretty much exact, except I continued the K1, P1 ribbing until it reached 1 1/2″.

As you can see, I also did some color blocking. In case you like it, here’s what I did:

Tan:  2 rows.

Light green:  5 rows.

Tan: 2 rows.

It was a really easy and fast pattern – great for a beginner! Happy knitting!