Unicorn Headband

Last month we celebrated our youngest child’s 5th birthday. The 5th birthday has always been such a big year for our kids! However, Charlotte’s birthday is almost always disrupted by basketball or illness. This year has been especially crazy, with what is happening right now, with the coronavirus. Her party was cancelled for the 2nd year in a row, but we certainly still celebrated! She absoluely loved her fancy unicorn party dress from Sweet Pea Designs by Dee, and her unicorn headband tops it off nicely!

This unicorn headband pattern sort of happened by accident. See, this is a sponsored post by Love Crafts, and they allowed me to pick from their awesome Paintbox Cotton selection of yarn! However, in my excitement at having this opportunity, I accidentally ordered their DK weight cotton yarn instead of worsted. I hardly ever do anything with dk weight yarn. When I received it in the mail, I was simultaneously thrilled with the colors, and disappointed in my complete oversight. I played with it for a couple of weeks, before realizing that it would be absolutely perfect for this unicorn headband idea I had for my daughter’s birthday!

I love the dainty, more elegant style it leads too, with the lightweight curls streaming down. It also allows for a fun textrured look around the headband and the horn. Working the hdc st with the DK yarn, and a 2.25mm hook, gives it a look that is totally worth it!

This pattern is sponsored by LoveCrafts, designed with their Paintbox Cotton yarn.

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Notes:

The headband portion of this pattern is made into 2 parts, to slip over the ends of the headband, and sew together at the top middle. The reason for this is because I like the style of the tapered, 1 inch wide, headbands. I used a cotton DK weight yarn, but the pattern can easily be adjusted for a worsted weight. Simply test the fit on the headband as you go. The headband portion is made with joining rnds. The chs won’t count as sts, and the first st will be worked into joining st. While working the halves of the headband cover, continually try it onto the headband to assure the fit. It may be tight at first, but it should stretch. The horn and ears are made in continuous rnds without joining.

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Materials:

Paintbox Cotton DK:

Champagne White (A)
Buttercup Yellow (B)
Vintage Pink (C)
Washed Teal (D)

White plastic headband, tapered, 1 inch wide

Crochet hook – B, 2.25mm

Tapestry needle

Scissors

Hot glue gun and sticks

*Optional – blush for the ears

Terms and abbreviations to know:

Magic ring

rnd, rnds – round, rounds

st, sts – stitch, stitches

sl st – slip stitch

sc – single crochet

hdc – half double crochet

dc – double crochet

inc – increase, 2 sc sts in same st

BLO – back loop only

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Unicorn Headband Cover

(Make 2) in A

Begin with magic ring, and ch 2.

Rnd 1: 8 dc in magic ring, join to first st with sl st; 8 sts

Rnds 2-10: ch 1, hdc in each st around, join to first st with sl st; 8 sts

*Pro tips:

Continually try your piece on the headband to make sure it fits, and stretch the stitches a little bit. Each piece of the headband should come just short of the middle top of the headband, before sewing them together. They should not already be touching or overlapping.
Multiply the number of rnds by the stitches per rnd to be sure you make the correct number of rnds.
ex: rnds 2 through 10 = 9 rnds x 8 sts = 72, simply count to 72 from the beginning rnd 2

Rnd 11: ch 1, 2 hdc in first st, hdc in next 7 sts, join to first st with sl st; 9 sts

Rnds 12-20: ch 1, hdc in each st around; join to first st with sl st; 9 sts

Rnd 21: ch 1, 2 hdc in first st, hdc in next 8 sts, join to first st with sl st; 10 sts

Rnds 22-30: ch 1, hdc in each st around, join to first st with sl st; 10 sts

Rnd 31: ch 1, 2 hdc in first st, hdc in next 9 sts, join to first st with sl st; 11 sts

Rnds 32-37: ch 1, hdc in each st around, join to first st with sl st; 11 sts

Fasten off, leaving a long tail on one of them, for sewing them together. Pull each half of the headband cover up the sides of the headband, to meet at the top middle, and sew them together. Weave in ends.

Unicorn Horn

in B

Begin with a magic ring. Use BLO throughout the horn pattern.

Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring; 6 sts

Rnd 2: (inc, sc in next 2 sts)2x; 8 sts

Rnd 3: sc in each st around; 8 sts

Rnd 4: (inc, sc in next 3 sts)2x; 10 sts

Rnd 5: sc in each st around; 10 sts

Rnd 6: (inc, sc in next 4 sts)2x; 12 sts

Rnd 7: sc in each st around; 12 sts

Rnd 8: (inc, sc in next 5 sts)2x; 14 sts

Rnd 9: sc in each st around; 14 sts

Rnd 10: (inc, sc in next 6 sts)2x; 16 sts

Rnd 11: sc in each st around; 16 sts

Rnd 12: (inc, sc in next 7 sts)2x; 18 sts

Rnd 13: sc in each st around; 18 sts

Rnd 14: (inc, sc in next 8 sts)2x; 20 sts

Rnd 15: sc in each st around; 20 sts

Sl st into first st, and fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing. Gently stuff the horn, and sew onto the top center of the headband.

Ears

(Make 2) in A

Begin with magic ring.

Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring; 6 sts

Rnd 2: (inc, sc in next 2 sts)2x; 8 sts

Rnd 3: sc in each st around; 8 sts

Rnd 4: (inc, sc in next 3 sts)2x; 10 sts

Rnd 5: (inc, sc in next 4 sts)2x; 12 sts

Rnd 6: (inc, sc in next 5 sts)2x; 14 sts

Rnd 7: (inc, sc in next 6 sts)2x; 16 sts

Rnd 8: (inc, sc in next 7 sts)2x; 18 sts

Rnd 9: (inc, sc in next 8 sts)2x; 20 sts

Rnd 10: sc in each st around; 20 sts

Sl st into first st and fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing. Sew the ears about an inch to each side of the horn, turned a little to the outside. Use a little blush to pinken them in the middle if you’d like!

Mane

Front Strands

(Make 3) 2 in C, 1 in D

Ch 28

Turn and beginning in 2nd ch from hook, (inc, sc in next 2 sts)7x, sc in next 6 sts; 34 sts

Fasten off. Weave in all ends, and use your hot glue gun to glue down the straight end to the left of the horn, just in front of that ear.

Back Strands