Welcome back to the blog pals! Today I have a new quick and easy crochet pattern set up for you, Luna’s Crown headband and fingerless gloves! I have a little bit of a back story with this one, so pull up a chair and take a seat.
First, let’s start off with the yarn for this set. At the beginning of the year I was scrolling around the Makers and Crafting channel on Twitch and I happened to come across someone crocheting. Obviously I clicked on the channel and watched for a bit. This person was joyous, filled with delight and warmth and a familiarity that just made me feel welcomed. She was laughing and chatting and crocheting and doing it all with ease. I quickly became a regular in her channel and through that and Instagram we became quick friends.
Fast forward to August and I got to meet her at Flock Fiber Festival, and low and behold, she brought me a present. This incredible yarn she called Seattle, that she spun by hand herself. The second it was in my hands I knew it had to become something I would wear all the time because I wanted to be reminded of my sweet friend and the memories at the festival.
Once I got home I knew I had to cake this up and get to making asap. I just couldn’t wait. The yarn itself is 100% merino, in sport weight, with approx. 325 yards in the skein. I used about half of my skein, with enough left over for at least another pair of fingerless gloves for Sean.
I didn’t even have to plan anything out, I just grabbed my 4 mm hook and started chaining. I quickly realized this was going to be a fingerless glove set of sorts, I just wasn’t sure how the headband was going to look. I made the gloves super simple, single crochets and an afterthought cuff, but I wanted them to be able to be made with essentially any yarn in your stash from sport weight to worsted weight, just a little adjustments made with the starting chain count might need to be made for the fingerless gloves.
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The headband on the other hand is a little different. This was made to be more of a crown, with texture to show off the variegations in the yarn. Liz has a channel point redemption in her channel to have her wear one of her many magical crowns, so the second that popped into my head I knew it had to be a crown. And as many of you know, I am a sucker for anything worked in the 3rd loop of half double crochets, so that had to be a part of the headband too.
Alright, I think I’ve talked enough about this headband and fingerless gloves set, so how about you go grab your favorite yarn you’ve been stashing for the perfect project and let’s get to work!
Project Supplies
- Yarn – Sport Weight
- 3.5 mm and 4 mm and 5 mm hooks
- Tapestry Needle
- Scissors
Pattern Notes
- Please read all notes and directions before starting the pattern.
- Pattern is made to measure. I have the stitch counts to fit my size, adult 22 inch head and my hands are small/average sized adult hands.
- Gloves are made from the top down. Knuckles, hand, thumb hole, hand/wrist, cuff.
- There are different instructions for the right and left glove noted in the pattern.
- Headband is made from the bottom up.
Abbreviations
All patterns follow the same abbreviations as the Crafty Yarn Council.
| ch | Chain |
| dc | Double crochet |
| slst | Slip Stitch |
| hdc | Half double crochet |
| st | Stitch |
| hdc3rdloop | Half double crochet in the 3rd loop |
Pattern Directions for fingerless gloves and headband:
Fingerless Gloves:
- Using 4mm hook – Chain 30 (or however many needed to fit around the top of your knuckles right under your fingers. Slip stitch to join, chain 1.
- Single crochet 8 rows (or until the band fits comfortably between the bottom of your knuckles and the top of where your thumb attaches to your hand.) Slip stitch to join, chain 1.
- Right Glove: Sc 6, chain 6, skip 6 stitches, sc to end (18) (thumb hole) Slip stitch to join, chain 1.
- Left Glove: Sc 18, chain 6, skip 6 stitches, sc to end (6) (thumb hole) Slip stitch to join, chain 1.
- Single crochets 9 rows. Slip stitch to join, chain 1.
- DO NOT FINISH OFF. MOVE TO CUFF SECTION.
Cuff:
- Switching to a 3.5mm hook – Ch 7, sc 6, afterthought cuff.
Headband
- Using 5mm hook – Chain 72 (fits 22 inch head. You can adjust the amount of stitches around to fit the head size desired, just make sure it’s an even number of stitches.) Slip stitch to join, chain 1.
- Hdc 72. Slip stitch to join, chain 1.
- *hdc in 1st st, hdc3rd loop* repeat around. Slip stitch to join, chain 2.
- Dc around. Slip stitch to join, chain 1.
- Hdc around. Slip stitch to join, chain 1.
- Hdc in 1st st, hdc3rd loop around to 1 stitch left, hdc in last stitch. Slip stitch to join, chain 2.
- Dc around. Slip stitch to join, chain 1.
- Hdc around. Slip stitch to join, chain 1.
- *Hdc in 1st st, hdc3rd loop* repeat around. Slip stitch to join, chain 1.
- Sc *ch5, skip 3, sc* around. If you get to the end and have 4 stitches, just skip 4. Adjust as needed, it’s not *super* important if you are under or over a stitch or two. Slip stitch to join, chain 1.
- *Sc in top of sc, 5 sc in each ch 5 space*. Slip stitch to join. Finish off and weave in the ends.
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