Long SC Laces Headband Crochet Pattern

Pattern Created by Sandi Marshall

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Materials Used In The Example: About 1 oz. worsted weight yarn for the headband (use cotton yarn if using for a summer headband or using for an exercise sweatband), US size H hook
Finished Size: About 10 1/2 inches wide x 2 inches tall (when folded in half, with ends joined)
Gauge: 4 sc rows = 1 inch, 6 1/2 sc = 2 inches
Note that gauge is not crucial to this project. The proper fit is determined by adding more rows or fewer rows.
Abbreviations: ch = chain, ea = each, sc = single crochet, sl st = slip stitch

How To Slip Stitch (sl st) = Insert hook in stitch, wrap yarn over hook, pull yarn through the stitch and through the loop on the hook, at the same time.
How to Crochet in Back Loop Only: http://crochet.about.com/library/blbackfrontloop.htm
How to Skip a Stitch: http://crochet.about.com/library/weekly/aa071804.htm

Pattern Directions
Designed by Sandi Marshall, copyright 2007 by Sandi Marshall, licensed to About.com, Inc.
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Starting Chain: chain 9.
Row 1: sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc in ea ch across. (8 sc)
Row 2: ch 1 to turn, sc in back loop only of ea of first 2 sc, sc in both loops of ea of next 3 sc, ch 1, skip next sc, sc in back loop only of ea of last 2 sc.
Row 3 ch 1 to turn, sc in back loop only of ea of first 2 sc, sc in ch-1 sp, sc in both loops of ea of next 2 sc, next insert hook through the ch-1 space that is 3 stitches back, in row below, then yarn over hook, draw up a long loop that will reach over to the next sc to be worked in the current row, insert the hook in that sc, yarn over the hook, draw the yarn through the sc, yarn over the hook, draw the yarn through all 3 loops on the hook to complete as an sc. Finish the row with an sc in back loop only of ea of last 2 sc.
Row 4: ch 1 to turn, sc in back loop only of ea of first 2 sc, sc in both loops of ea of next 4 sc, sc in back loop only of ea of last 2 sc.
Row 5: Repeat row 2.
Row 6: Repeat row 3.
Row 7: Repeat row 4.
Rows 8 - 74: Repeat rows 2 - 7.

Size Note: This is sized to fit an average adult size head. Before sewing the ends together, try it around the head of the person who will wear it and add more rows, if needed. To make it for a child, do fewer rows, trying it around the head of the child who will wear it when you are close to having enough rows and adjusting with more or less rows as needed for the proper fit.
End off, leaving a long strand for sewing the ends together.

Joining: Fold piece in half with the wrong sides together. To join the two pieces, thread the ending-off strand on a large-eye needle and sew through both thicknesses along the two short sides of the piece. Joining Crochet Pieces
Weave in ends. Turn right side out.

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