I saw Calorimetry in Knitty, and the girl in the pictures reminded me of my friend Nina. So I knit one for her. As I was showing the headband for Nina to my boss, Caryn, she looked like she was coveting it, so I made her one as well. I gave Nina's away without taking pictures (bad blogger, bad!) but I got pics of Caryn's knit in Paton's Classic Merino wool in a soft charcoal grey, and added a feminine touch with a few dashes of a dark pink hand-spun wool from Plimoth Plantation, which had been sitting in my stash for ages.
For the second headband, I sewed a second button onto the inside of the band, so that if the large button were closed far up (for a smaller head, for instance), the end wouldn't flop around.
Left:
the flap is unbuttoned.
At left here, the flap has been secured with the small button on the inside, so the flap does not hang down. You can see the small button on the inside of the flap in the first picture (side view, above.)
1 comment:
I am now making one of these myself and your idea of adding a second button is so great I am going to do it myself! I think your fringe on the scarf in the previous post is genius as well. It looks beautiful and really does remind me of feathers.
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