Headband

It's almost spring!! I swear. Really. It's almost spring.
Well... Maybe. Two weeks ago I was sure it was almost spring, and then we got two HUGE dumps of snow last week. Wow. I didn't not expect that now. Not that I mind. It was pretty ideal for a day of skiing and then snowball rolling.
Yay for new snow and slightly above freezing temperatures!

And I'm glad I finished this right on time. This headband has been in the works since I finished these, made from the leftover yarn. The whole top is the green that I was trying to avoid for the mittens.

I love having a new headband. Something to cover my ears, but not a full hat.

As with half of what I make, I kinda made this pattern up. A combination of this and this. Here's what I did.

Pattern notes:

CO 13 sts

Row 1: slip first stitch, knit to end

Row 2: slip first stitch, purl to end

Row 3: slip first stitch, knit to end

Row 4: slip first stitch, purl to end

Row 5: slip first stitch, k2, M1, k until 3 left, M1, K3

Row 6: slip first stitch, purl to end

Repeat row 5-6 until 25 stitches

After that you'll do a 5 row repeat until the headband almost goes around your head

Row 1: slip first stitch, knit to end

Row 2: slip first stitch, purl to end

Row 3: slip first stitch, knit to end

Row 4: slip first stitch, purl to end

Row 5: slip first stitch, knit to end

Make sure to stop on right side

Row 1: slip first stitch, k2, ssk, k until 5 sts left, k2tog, k3

Row 2: slip first stitch, purl to end

Repeat Row1-2 until 13 stitches remain

On next row: K4, BO2, k4, bo2, k2

K3, CO2, K3, CO2, K3

slip first stitch, knit to end

slip first stitch, purl to end

BO all stitches

As you can see. I also made the buttons out of the yarn. I made bobbles and then sewed them on. Random, but I kinda like'em.