Headbands

 I seem to really like to do small projects in between my large blankets (one in progress, one planned). I have been inspired to make headbands as I get painfully cold ears in the winter and it's a change from a hat (I have made a lot of hats over the years). I made a cabled headband a few weeks back when I learned to cable, then made another. I wore the first headband but found that the wool is a bit scratchy on my forehead. I was on a trip to my hometown at the time so popped into the covered market and bought some fleece. I lined the headband but it's not really been cold enough to do a proper test drive. Last weekend I treated myself to some suri lace (a blend of baby Alpaca & silk, it's very fine & fluffy). I never really knew what to do with this kind of yarn but I thought it would look good with the blue aran that I made my first two headbands out of. So I used a 5mm hook with the aran and lace to make a very simple single crochet headband. I didn't do a pattern as the yarns are on the luxurious end of the spectrum and the colours speak for themselves. I decreased and increased at the back to give it a definite orientation, and also, to fit in front of a ponytail. The colours are more muted with the lace, but it gives a very cosy look which is perfect as the process of wintering is starting in the northern hemisphere. I lined it with fleece but left a gap at the back to allow the headband to stretch when putting it on. It feels so soft, hard to convery in a photo!

The comparison of the two.