DIY - How to crochet a headband

DIY - How to crochet a headband

Materials

Yarn (recommended for 4mm knitting needles)

Crochet hook (size 4mm)

Buttons

Yarn needle 

Scissors

Instructions

ROW 1: 13 chains.

ROW 2: Make 1 double crochet for each stitch of the chain.

ROWS 3 – 28: Make 1 row taking every next stitch (front loop only) and make 1 double crochet. In the following row take every next stitch (back loop only) and make 1 double crochet. 

The shirred section of the headband (brown)

Mark the places where you want the shirred rows.

 In total you need 4 rows.

Fold the knit where you marked, and insert the crochet and the yarn.

ROW 1: Go up with 2 chains, then in the same stitch make 1 half double crochet, keep making 2 half double crochet in each stitch until you the end the row.  

ROW 2: Go up with 1 chain, in the following stitches of the previous row make single crochet increases (2 single crochet in the same stitch). In the last stitch of the row make 1 single crochet.

Repeat until the end of the shirred section.

Sew buttons in the middle of the shirred section.

Measures

41 cm long approx.

7 cm wide approx.