Comments on: Stretchy Hairband

By: Betsie

Betsie — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 16:57:10 +0000

I have peach and a brownish-stripey one…and I think I have a little bit of green but not enough of any of them for a whole one… (the peach and the stripey one are in the middle of being made into socks still)

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 16:37:26 +0000

Cute!!

By: Kathy

Kathy — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 20:22:24 +0000

What a great thing to knit, Kara!!! It looks so cute on you, too!

By: kara

kara — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 17:17:36 +0000

Betsie — It’s about 16″ long unstretched, and 22.5″ on my head. I kept stretching it firmly while knitting, to break it in a bit. I stopped knitting when it would reach around my head when stretched quite vigorously but not, you know, violently :) What colors of Fixation do you have? Want to swap for some red?

By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 17:12:48 +0000

Kara - sadly, I only have red on hand….or the leftover scraps. I need a digital gram scale!! I might just have enough!!
Off to photograph my stash for Ravelry - unless I end up on the couch knitting…again….all day… ;)

By: Betsie

Betsie — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 17:08:50 +0000

Kara! Love this idea… about how long was your band (unstretched) before you did the two needle bind off? I too have some fixation left over from sock projects that I was wondering what to do with =)

By: kara

kara — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 17:02:16 +0000

I can tell you EXACTLY how much, thanks to our handy digital gram scale ;-) My finished band weighs 11.5 grams, so I’d allow 14 or so, in case your head is bigger than mine. Or maybe 20 if you want the pocket like the original pattern. I have plenty of this red leftover — want to swap?

By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:51:23 +0000

Love it!! How much of a ball of Cascade Fixation do you think you used? I’ve got lots of leftovers from socks….wondering if I can use them up this way.