Crochet Tie Knot Headband Alice band – free tutorial

Crochet Tie Knot Headband Alice band – free tutorial

The tutorial below will give instructions on how to cover a hairband the same size as mine, but also tips on how to adjust the tutorial to suit your hairband if it is a slightly different size!

This pattern is written in UK terms. See below for US conversions and stitch descriptions.

You Will Need

• A plain rigid plastic headband – TIP if your headband is the same width all the way around, this will be easier to cover.
• Scissors
• Yarn needle
• 3.5mm hook and DK/heavy sport weight yarn 

OR

• 4.5mm hook and Aran/worsted weight yarn

Stitch descriptions

Slip stitch: Insert hook into stitch, yarn over and pull up a loop, pull this loop through first loop on hook

Double crochet (US single crochet): Insert hook into stitch, yarn over and pull up a loop, yarn over and pull through both loops

My hairband was bought from my local supermarket (cheap and cheerful!) and measures approx. 41cm (16in) long and 2.5cm (1in) wide.

Tube section

DK weight yarn (Aran weight yarn)

• Using a 3.5mm (4.5mm) hook, create a magic ring and chain 1.
• Make 10 (8) double crochet into the ring and pull closed.
• Working in a continuous spiral (do not slip stitch to join each round), work 1 double crochet into each stitch.
• Continue working double crochets, creating a tube, until your tube measures 41cm/16in (or the same length as your headband). Don't try and crochet around the headband: crochet the tube first and then put the headband in after.
• Slip stitch to fasten off, cut yarn and leave a long tail for sewing up later. 

TIP – after a couple of rounds, check your headband fits the tube. If it is too tight, restart and add 2 stitches. If it is too loose, restart with 2 less stitches.

Tie knot section

DK weight yarn (Aran weight yarn)

• Using a 3.5mm (4.5mm) hook, chain 10 (8), turn.
• Chain 1 (this does not count as a stitch now or throughout), make 10 (8) double crochet into each chain, turn.
• Chain 1, make 10 (8) double crochet into each chain, turn. Repeat this step until your long flat strip measures 54cm/21in (the length of your 41cm/16in headband, plus 13cm/5in)

At this stage, check your tie knot section is long enough before you fasten off the yarn: find the mid point of the long flat strip you have just made, and tie a knot in the middle, around the headband. Create a knot as tight or as loose as your like the look off, and keep it central on the headband. The two ends of the long flat  strip should reach the ends of your headband. If you need to pull gently to get them there, this is fine, but if they are far too short to reach, untie and add a few more rows.

Slip stitch to fasten off, cut yarn and leave a long tail for sewing up later.

Making up

• To make up the headband, first slide the tube onto your headband, and sew up the open end. Leave the tail.
• Find the middle point of your long flat strip and tie around the middle of your headband, you can adjust at this point until you are happy that the position is central and the knot looks how you would like it.
• Sew the ends of the strip section to the end of each hairband, by wrapping the strip round the base of the ends, and bringing the two bottom corners of the strip together on the inside of the headband. Sew the strip to the tube, and fasten off, sewing in any ends. Repeat on the other side.

How to modify the pattern for a different size headband

To make this pattern fit a wider or narrower headband, I recommend you do a test chain first. Using your hook and yarn, chain 12 sttiches. Hold this chain up against your headband, to see how many chains wide it is. If your headband is 6 chains wide, for instance, you will need to create a tube that is double this: 12 stitches around, and a flat strip that is 12 stitches wide.

Ta da! Your headband is complete. I hope you enjoyed this tutorial, please do tag me as #lottieandalbert or @lottieandalbert online if you create the headband so that I can see it!

Lindsey xx

Ps you are free to make and sell headbands from this pattern, as long as you credit me as the designer. You are not free to distribute or sell the pattern itself.

Love Heart Belly Basket - Free Valentine's crochet pattern

Love Heart Belly Basket, a free tutorial 💕

This chunky belly basket is worked in the round and uses six strands of yarn held together, for a fun and quick make. Finished with heart-shaped pompoms! Scroll down for step by step pictures, instructions and stitch descriptions. 

Please do tag me with #lottieandalbert or @lottieandalbert to show me what you've made on social media! 💕

This project was originally created for the Knitcraft blog, the post can be found here. The yarn for the project was kindly gifted to me by Hobbycraft.

Materials

Knitcraft Cotton Blend 100g in Pink, Red, White

8mm hook

5cm pompom maker

Abbreviations - written in UK terminology

blo       back loop only

ch        chain

dc        double crochet (US single crochet)

rep       repeat

rnd       round

slst      slip stitch

st(s)     stitch(es)

inc       increase (two double crochet in one stitch)

dc2tog double crochet two stitches together

Stitch descriptions

Slip Stitch: Insert hook into stitch, yarn over and pull up a loop, pull new loop through first loop on hook

Double Crochet: Insert hook into stitch, yarn over and pull up a loop, yarn over and pull through both loops

Double Crochet Two Together: Insert hook into stitch, without yarning over insert hook in next stich along from front to back, yarn over and pull up a loop through both stitches, yarn over and pull though both loops

Preparing the yarn

Taking your three balls of yarn, hold the three strands in your hand, and slowly wind them into a ball of three strands. Continue until you have wound around half of the yarn, or until the new ball weighs around 150g. Now cut your yarn, and hold the three strands of what’s left of your balls, plus the three strands of the yarn ball you just wound, and wind all six strands into a ball. You will now have a six-strand yarn ball to make the blanket with.

Work all six yarns together and treat them as one thread.

Basket Pattern

Rnd 1   Create a magic loop and make 6 dc into the loop, pull loop closed (6)

Rnd 2   2 dc in each stitch around (12)

Rnd 3   *1 dc, inc. Rep from * until end of rnd (18)

Rnd 4   *2 dc, inc. Rep from * until end of rnd (24)

Rnd 5   *3 dc, inc. Rep from * until end of rnd (30)

Rnd 6   *4 dc, inc. Rep from * until end of rnd (36)

Rnd 7   dc in back loop only of each stitch around (36)

Rnd 8   *5 dc, inc. Rep from * until end of rnd (42)

Rnd 9   *6 dc, inc. Rep from * until end of rnd (48)

Rnd 10 *7 dc, inc. Rep from * until end of rnd (54)

Rnd 11 *2dc, inc. Rep from * until end of rnd (72)

Rnd 12 In BLO *2dctog, 2dc. Rep from * until end of rnd (54)

Rnd 13 *7dc, 2dctog. Rep from * until end of rnd (48)

Rnd 14 *6dc, 2dctog. Rep from * until end of rnd (42)

Rnd 15 *5dc, 2dctog. Rep from * until end of rnd (36)

Rnd 16 *4dc, 2dctog. Rep from * until end of rnd (30)

Rvd 17 *5 ss, ch 10 and skip 5 sts, 5 ss. Rep from * once more (30)

Fasten off and weave in ends

Pom Pom Hearts

To make the pompom hearts, use just one strand of yarn at once.

Taking your pompom maker and one colour, wrap the pompom maker and create a round pompom as normal. Holding the pompom by the strings at the top, start to shape the bottom of the heart into a pointed cone shape.

Now cut a sharp V in the top of the pomp om, being careful not to cut the strings.

This will give you the basic heart shape, but will probably look very fluffy! Continue to trim, fluffing and turning the pompom regularly to refine the heart shape.

Attach your pompoms to your basket in between the handles and rounds 15 and 16.

I hope you have enjoyed this free pattern from Lindsey of Lottie and Albert. Find me on Instagram, Etsy, Ravelry and YouTube as @lottieandalbert, and find more free patterns on lottieandalbert.blogspot.com