Stella Twist Headband, Free Crochet Pattern

The Stella Twist Headband is a stretchy and comfy crochet headband featuring a knit-like crochet ribbing pattern combined with star stitches to create a textured, eye-catching fabric.

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Stella Twist Headband

The headband is worked lengthwise in rows as a flat rectangular piece, then folding and twisting the short ends before sewing them together to create the twist in the center.

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FINISHED HEADBAND SIZE:

• child: 50.5 cm x 10.5 cm (approx. 19.88" x 4.15")
• teen/ adult women: 52 cm x 10.5cm (approx. 20.5" x 4.15") (

To resize the headband adjust the length of the initial foundation chain, starting with an even number of chains.

MULTIPLE:

The Star Stitch is a multiple of 2 + 1; plus add one more ch for the turning ch.

GAUGE

16 sts = 10 cm (4”)
Stitch for gauge: yo-slst (see stitch description below!)

SUPPLIES:

• Yarn: medium weight/aran yarn
  I have used 1 ball of Infinity Hearts Lily from Rito.com
  skein weight: 50 g/1.76 oz; 100 meters/109.3 yds) Shown in Colorways: Black (No.14) for the adult size headband (It's called black, although it's a dark gray)
  Denim Blue (No.23) and Purple (No. 7)
  This yarn is a blown yarn made of 70% Cotton & 30% Superwash Merino Wool
  
  You can substitute it with a medium weight yarn of your choice that meets the gauge.
  
  Excelent yarn subtitutes for this yarn would be:
  1. CASCADE YARNS Cantata, on Paradies Fibers site (not affiliate link). (99% match)
     This yarn comes in 200m balls. For each ball of the original yarn you will need 0.5 balls of this.
  2. Juniper Moon Farm Cotton + Merino from Love Crafts UK.
     You can find it also on Amazon here! This yarn comes in 200m balls. For each ball of the original yarn you will need 0.5 balls of this.
• 4.5 mm crochet hook
• Scissors
• optional stitch marker

STITCHES, TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS:

(I'm using US crochet terms in all my patterns!)
- ch: chain
- back bump of chains. Click here for my tutorial
- hdc: half double crochet
- st: stitch
- yo: yarn over
- blo: back loop only
- V-st: V stitch, here made with hdc stitches= 2 hdc in same st
- RS: right side
- WS: wrong side

SPECIAL STITCHES:

1. Yarn Over Slip Stitch (yo-slst): Yarn over (yo) and insert the hook into indicated st; yarn over and draw the yarn through. (You have now 3 loops on the hook). Having the 3 loops on hook, pull/slip the first loop on hook through the next 2 loops on hook to complete a Yarn Over Slip Stitch (yo-slst).
Click here for my TUTORIAL!
2. Yarn over slip stitch back loops only (yo-slst-blo): work the stitch as described above, but inserting the hook only into the back loops of the stitches.
3. Star stitch - explained in the pattern below

NOTES

1. the ch1 and the ch2 at beginning of the rows will not count as a st
2. the last stitch of each row will be worked using both top loops. This will make the edge more stable.
3. to not lose stitches at the edges, use stitch markers to mark the first and the last st of a row.

HEADBAND INSTRUCTIONS

The pattern is written in child size, the adult women size is in the brackets.

Using a 4.5 mm crochet hook ch 82 (84), turn.

Row 1 (WS): Working into the back bump of chains, yo-slst in 2nd ch from hook and yo-slst in each ch across; turn.
81 sts ( 83 sts) total

Row 2 (RS): ch 1 (will not count as a st), yo-slst-blo in each st across, ending with 1 yo-slst worked into both top loops of last st; turn.
81 sts ( 83 sts) total

Row 3 (WS): ch 1 (will not count as a st), yo-slst-blo in each st across, ending with 1 yo-slst worked into both top loops of last st; turn.
81 sts ( 83 sts) total

Row 4 (RS), Star Stitch Row worked into the back loops only:

• ch 3 and start the first star stitch blo:
  insert hook into 2nd ch from hook, pull up a loop;
  insert hook into 3rd ch from hook, pull up a loop; insert the hook into the blo and pull up a loop in each of the first 3 sts of the row; (6 loops on hook)
  (pictures 1 and 2 in the photo collage below!)
• YO, pull through all 6 loops; (pictures 3 and 4 in the photo collage below!)
• chain one to close the star stitch. (pictures 5 and 6 in the photo collage below!)

The first star stitch it is made.

Continue with the second star stitch blo:

• Insert hook into ch 1 on top of the previous star st, pull up a loop; (picture 1 in the photo collage below)
• insert hook into last leg of the previous star, pull up a loop; (picture 2)
• insert hook into blo of same st where the last leg of the previous star was made, pull up a loop; (picture 3)
• insert the hook into the blo and pull up a loop in each of the next 2 sts of the row; (picture 4)
• having 6 loops on hook, yo and pull through all 6 loops on hook; (picture 5)
• ch 1 to close the star stitch. (picture 6)

Continue working star sts blo across the row in the same manner as for the 2nd star st.

Before starting the last star st you will have 2 unworked sts left at the end of the row, as seen in the poto collage below.

Work the last star stitch blo:

• insert hook into ch 1 on top of the previous star st, pull up a loop;
  insert hook into last leg of the previous star, pull up a loop;
  insert hook into blo of same st where the last leg of the previous star was made, pull up a loop;
  insert the hook into the blo and pull up a loop in each of the last 2 sts of the row;
  having 6 loops on hook, yo and pull through all 6 loops on hook; (pictures 1)
• ch 1 to close the star stitch; (picture 2)
• finish the row with 1 hdc worked into both top loops of the last st (same st where you made the last leg of the last star); (picture 3).

Turn.
(40 stars total for child size and 41 stars total for the adult size)

Row 5 (WS), V-st Row : ch 2 (will not count as a st), work 2 hdc into ch 1 on top of first star st and 2 hdc into ch 1 on top of each star st till end of row;
end the row with 1 hdc into top of ch 3 of the star at the end of the row. Turn.
(You'll have 40 (41) V-sts, plus the ch 2 at the beginning of the row, plus 1 hdc at the end of the row.)

Note: The two rows, row 4 and row 5 will create complete stars, that will be visible on the right side of the work!

Rows 6 - 9 (yo-slsts-blo Row) same as Rows 2 and 3.

Row 10 (RS): Star Stitch blo Row, same as Row 4

Row 11 (WS): V-st Row same as Row 5

Row 12 (RS) and Row 13 (WS): yo-slst-blo Row, same as Rows 2 and 3

After finishing the last row on the wrong side of work, cut the yarn leaving a long tail that will be used to sew the short ends together.

Make the Twist sewing the short ends together:

1. Lay the crochet piece flat with the RS facing.
2. Bring short ends to the middle. (Now you'll be working on the wrong side of the crochet piece)
3. Fold one short end of the rectangle in half to create a V-shape and repeat with the other end.
4. Tuck the folded ends into each other to form the twist. Now you have a "sandwich" with 4 layers.
5. Use a yarn needle to sew through all 4 layers across the "sandwich". Turn and sew across once more to secure the twist.

Finish: Weave in any yarn tails and turn the headband with the right side out. And your beautiful Stella Twist Crochet Headband is now finished! Congratulations! :)



I hope you enjoy this crochet twist headband pattern!

You might the "Lily Twist Headband" as well! I really like that one! The color is gorgeous too!
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Stella Twist Headband
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