How to Make a Crochet Flower With a Knitted Headband
Show off your craft skills by making yourself a knitted headband with a crochet flower. Easily customizable, you can work the knitted headband in the stitch pattern of your choice and the flower in your favorite color. Make this fashion accessory for yourself or make one as a last-minute gift for a friend.
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Things You'll Need
- 50 grams worsted-weight yarn
- Size 8/5 millimeter knitting needles
- Measuring tape
- Tapestry needle
- Size G/4 millimeter crochet hook
Instructions
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Knitted Headband
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Cast on 10 stitches.
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Knit every stitch on the first row.
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Knit the first two stitches of the second row, purl six stitches and knit the last two stitches.
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Repeat rows one and two until the work measures 16 inches. Use a measuring tape to check the length.
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Bind off all stitches, leaving a 10-inch yarn tail and thread this tail through the tapestry needle.
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Sew the two ends of the headband together by guiding the needle through the outermost row of stitches on each end. Break off the yarn.
Crochet the Flower
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Crochet a foundation chain of four stitches and join with a slip stitch to form a ring.
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Chain four and then repeat the following nine times: one double crochet and chain one. Join with a slip stitch into third chain of the chain-four. Draw yarn through the last stitch to fasten off and then break off the yarn.
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Join yarn to any chain-two space and then chain four. Repeat the following pattern around the ring: work one single crochet into the chain-two space and chain three. End with a slip stitch into the first chain of the chain-three. Fasten off by drawing the yarn through the last stitch and break off.
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Position the flower onto the desired part of the headband and then thread a piece of yarn through the tapestry needle.
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Sew the flower into place by guiding the needle under the headband and back through the underside of the flower. Repeat several times to ensure the flower is firmly in place.
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Tips & Warnings
Work into a chain space by inserting the crochet hook into the space between stitches and continue as normal.
References
- Craftbits: Vintage Headband
- "Knitting Loves Crochet"; Candi Jensen; 2007
Resources
- Photo Credit Jupiterimages/Polka Dot/Getty Images
