A Bullion Stitch Headband

Here is the headband to match last week’s cowl.  It’s easy to adjust to any size and stays on nicely… even on my head. It’s not very warm, but I do love the pretty lace. If you have long hair, this might be all you need to keep cozy in the winter. Or, wear it in the summer to hold your hair back.

I used a worsted weight yarn for this, but because it is so easy to adjust in size, you could use pretty much any yarn and crochet hook.

Skill Level: Intermediate

Materials:
Yarn: Loops & Threads Impeccable, or any worsted weight yarn.
Crochet Hook: I/9-5.50mm

Gauge: 3″ over 9 sc. Gauge is not that important as you can adjust it to any size in multiples of 2.

Finished Size: Laying flat it measures 8.5″ over sc sts, 9.5″ over the bullion sts and 3.5″ wide.

Abbreviations:

Bullion St = Bullion Stitch
Bl = Back Loops
Ch/Chs = Chain/Chains
FO = Fasten Off
Hk = Hook
Lp/Lps = Loop/Loops
Rep = Repeat
Sc = Single Crochet
Sk = Skip
Sl St = Slip Stitch
Sp/Sps = Space/Spaces
St/Sts = Stitch/Stitches
YO = Yarn Over

Special Stitch Instructions:

Bullion St: YO 6 times, insert hk into designated st/sp, yo and pull through (8 lps on hk), yo and pull through all lps on hk, yo and pull through to close stitch. Bullion Stitch Photo Tutorial

Pattern Instructions:

Ch 52, or any multiple of 2; Join with sl st in first ch being careful not to twist chs.

Rnd 1: Ch 1, sc in same ch as join and into each ch around; join with sl st in first sc. (52 sts)

Rnd 2: Ch 1, working in bl only, sc in same st as join and into each st around; join with sl st in first sc. (52 sts)

Rnd 3: Ch 3, working in both lps, work bullion st in same st as join; *sk next st, bullion st in next st; rep from & around; sk last st, join with sl st to first bullion st. (26 bullion sts)

Rnd 4: Ch 1, (sc, ch 5) in sp before next bullion st and into each sp around; join with sl st to first sc. (26 ch-5 sps)

Rnd 5: Sl st into next 3 chs, ch 3, work bullion st into same ch-5 lp and into each ch-5 lp around; join with sl st to first bullion st. (26 bullion sts)

Rnd 6: Ch 1, sc into same st as join and into each st and into each sp around; join with sl st to first sc. (52 sts)

Rnd 7: Same as rnd 2. FO.

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Thank you so much to my awesome testers for testing this for me:

Kristie Partridge
Loyda Soto Lopez
Mary Frazier – American Crochet
Tomi Adams