Honeycomb Tunisian Ear Warmer, a Warm Crochet Headband with Faux Button Closure

Take your Tunisian crochet skills a step further by trying out the Honeycomb Tunisian Ear Warmer!

Who doesn’t love a good stash busting project? I had a little We Are Knitter’s The Petite Wool hanging around in my stash after making the Ada Shawl and figured WHY NOT! The Honeycomb Tunisian Ear Warmer uses a little bit of yarn and one of my favorite Tunisian crochet stitch, the Honeycomb stitch. I can’t wait for you to get into this FREE pattern and the accompanying video. ENJOY!

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It’s no secret by now that I’m totally obsessed with Tunisian crochet (for example, have you checked out the Hot Cocoa Poncho?!). It’s become one of my favorite versions of crochet because it uses similar techniques and creates a completely different type of fabric.

The Honeycomb Tunisian Ear Warmer incorporates Tunisian simple stitch and purl stitch along with some fun colorwork. You could stop there, but I bring in some traditional crochet to finish things up and add a few buttons for extra personality.

Like most crocheters, I have a stash of yarn just waiting to be used. I love the challenge of designing something new with yarn I already have. After I finished my Ada Shawl XL (pattern coming soon!), which I made with We Are Knitters The Petite Wool, I had some wool leftover. The soft nude colors paired so well together that they made the perfect combination for the Honeycomb Tunisian Ear Warmer.

The Petite Wool is an aran weight yarn, which isn’t common to find in big box stores. To help, I included some details on how to adjust this pattern for using worsted (category 4) or bulky (category 5) weight yarn.

Make the Honeycomb Tunisian Ear Warmer with me in this step-by-step YouTube video:

Honeycomb Tunisian Ear Warmer Pattern

FINISHED SIZE: 5″ wide x 19″ around; sized for adult females.

MATERIALS

–We Are Knitters The Petite Wool, 50 yards Color A and 30 yards Color B. Adjustments for worsted and bulky weight yarn are in the pattern.

–8mm crochet hook (6.5mm for worsted and 9mm for bulky). *A Tunisian crochet hook is NOT necessary for this pattern*

–2 – 1.5″ buttons

–Scissors

–Darning needle

ABBREVIATIONS

• Ch = chain
• Rep = repeat
• RetP = return pass (see Pattern Note)
• RS = right side
• Sc = single crochet
• Sl st = slip stitch
• St = stitch
• Tss = Tunisian simple stitch
• Tps = Tunisian purl stitch
• WS = wrong side

PATTERN NOTE:

Standard Return Pass (RetP): Ch 1, (yarn over, pull through next two loops on hook) until only one loop remains on hook.

TUNISIAN CROCHET TUTORIAL VIDEOS

Learn the basics of Tunisian crochet with these helpful videos:

-Learn how to start your projects here – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsgJ8qLcIz8&t=1023s

-Learn the Honeycomb stitch pattern here – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4wHP6mPVLs

-Learn to change colors here – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFDPbkVm_Yw&t=21s

Foundation: With A, ch 12, pull up loop in the back bump of the 2nd ch from hook and each remaining ch, RetP. (Start with a chain of 14 if using worsted weight yarn and a chain of 10 if using bulky weight yarn.)

ROW 1: (Tss 1, tps 1) across row, RetP.

ROW 2: With B, (tps 1, tss 1) across row, RetP.

ROW 3: (Tss 1, tps 1) across row, Ret P.

ROW 4: With A, (tps 1, tss 1) across row, RetP.

ROW 5: (Tss 1, tps 1) across row, RetP.

NEXT ROWS: Rep Rows 2-5 consecutively until piece measures 19″ (or close to it) and you end with a Row 3 repeat. Cut Color B leaving a long tail.

NEXT ROWS: With A, tss across row, RetP. Rep until your tss rows can fit your buttons as shown in sample photo.

BORDER: With A, ch 1. Rotate to work along long side of the piece. Sc into the end of each row. At corner, ch 1, rotate, sc into each st of Foundation. At corner, ch 1, rotate. Sc into the end of each row. Sl st into first st of bind off row, cut yarn leaving a long tail.

FINISHING: Using remaining Color B tail, whip stitch Foundation row to loops on the WS of the final Row 3 repeat. With Color A tail, seam tss rows flat onto ear warmer. Affix buttons to tss rows as shown in sample photo. Weave in all remaining ends.

Purchase the printable PDF Honeycomb Tunisian Ear Warmer pattern HERE!

I hope you love the Honeycomb Tunisian Ear Warmer! I can’t wait to see how you bust through your yarn stash to make this fun project. Share your ear warmer with me on Instagram using the #TLYCMakers hashtag and show off in the TLYC Makers Facebook group.

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