How to Knit Headband Ends Together
Kitchener stitch, also known as grafting, is the technique of joining two rows of live stitches without a visible seam. While this technique is most commonly used to close the toes of socks, it can also be used to join the ends of a knitted headband. When working a kitchener stitch, you use a darning needle to join stitches divided between two knitting needles. Darning needles, also known as yarn needles, are available wherever knitting needles are sold.
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Instructions
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Divide the stitches evenly between two knitting needles. Hold the needles together so the stitches line up and the right side of the headband faces out. The working yarn should hang from the far right stitch on the back needle.
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Cut the working yarn, leaving an 18-inch tail. Thread the tail through your darning needle.
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Insert the darning needle through the first stitch on the right side of the front needle, as if to purl.
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Pull the yarn tail between the two rows of stitches. Sew through the first stitch on the back needle as if to knit.
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Bring the darning needle around the first stitch on the front needle and sew it through as if to knit. This will be the second time you sew through the same stitch.
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Sew through the second stitch on the front needle as if to purl. Pull the yarn tight.
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Slide the first stitch off the front needle.
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Sew back through the first stitch on the back needle as if to purl.
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Sew through the second stitch on the back needle as if to knit.
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Slip the first stitch off the back needle.
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Repeat steps 3 through 10 for every set of stitches on the needles until there's only one stitch left on each needle.
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Sew through the first stitch of the forward needle as if to knit and pull the needle and yarn through.
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Sew through the stitch on the back needle as if to purl.
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Pull the two stitches off the needles. Cut the tail so you have only three inches left.
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Weave the tail along the edge of the headband to hide it.
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