It was cold when I started...

How to find a pattern

My sister had requested, if I had the time, 'one of those headband things that keep your ears warm.' Now please bare in mind she requested this whilst it was cold outside and snowy.

Now google-ing 'pattern for one of those headband things that keep your ears warm' didn't really help much so I shortened it to earwarmers. That didn't help much as all I got were earmuffs so I left it to my sister to find a pattern of one she would like. I needed something to follow a full pattern from whilst I wait for my super chunky wool. She found this pattern:
http://www.asarahgrieveproduction.com/2011/08/new-pattern-ooh-la-la-headband-and-ear.html

In the pattern it looked a little like this:


BUTTT I didnt have angora.. I gave her the options of 'light blue, bright pink, lilac, light green or dark blue speckly...'  and she chose dark blue. So I used some Blue DK that I had from another project I never got round to many years ago! 

So I got started...

Pretty easy really, just a combination of knit and purl which I have now mastered. Then I get
Row 3: K2, *K1, YO, K1, P2. Repeat from * 1 more times. K1, YO, K1, K2.
What on earth is 'YO' so I dutifully took myself off to youtube again, and once again I'm a little bit wiser! So I carry of repeating the rows as required. It takes me about 13 minutes to do a repetition so I started timing the Tea I was cooking by it. You know what I mean, Pizza takes 15mins in the over so I have enough time for one set and to get the plates out! Not that I eat Pizza all the time! Honest :)

Desired length..?! 

I had asked my sister to measure her head for me to make sure I got the right length for her. She had recently moved out for the first time so had no measuring tape at home. So in order to get an idea whilst at work she wrapped round a network cable round her head and measured it on a ruler! Turns out I didn't really need to check as I did it to the pattern anyway and it stretches just fine, but it was funny to watch!

I finally finished it!

The pattern looks really impressive, almost cable like but much easier!

I sewed it all together and it's ready to give her on Monday at work. Now that the weather is nice and it's no longer cold enough to need one!

But now my Super chunky wools arrived so I can get on with the big project!! YAY!

Time spent 1"=13 mins final band 18" plus finishing 4 hours
Time remaining 39.5 hours