How to Knit a Baller Band

Rubber baller bands are small and portable and are a plain color or embossed with a charity or company name. Knitting your own baller bands is simple. The stitch pattern is a tight woven stitch that won’t curl at the ends. Knit in the round on double point needles; there is no need for seaming. The bands are customizable for even the smallest wrists.

Things You'll Need

• 50 yards of DK weight yarn
• Size 6 double point needles
• Scissors
• Tapestry needle

Instructions

1. Cast on 47 stitches for a 6-inch wrist. The yarn knits at a gauge of eight stitches per inch and the baller band has 1 inch of ease. Add or subtract stitches for the proper size, keeping the stitch counts odd. Divide evenly over three needles and join to begin working in the round.

2. Purl two stitches together and leave the stitches on the left-hand needle. Purl the first stitch again and then drop both stitches from the left-hand needle. Repeat to the last stitch. Purl the last stitch.

3. Knit the first stitch. Slip one stitch with the yarn held to the back of the work then knit one stitch. Slip the left-hand needle into the front of the slipped stitch and knit it. Repeat all but the first knit stitch to the end of the round.

4. Repeat rounds one and two for 1 inch or the desired width of the band.
   Bind off all stitches. Cut the yarn and weave in the ends on the wrong side of the piece.

References

• "A Treasury of Knitting Patterns"; Barbara G. Walker; 1998