Janice (sort of) Rainbow Headband

Hello! How’s your Tuesday been going? I’m SO tired, like falling asleep at the keyboard tired. Luckily I had this pattern all ready for everyone! It’s a great Spring/ Summer design you can make in one evening, using as few or as many colors as you would like. I went with a rainbow color scheme, because it’s happy and I want to wear it to Pride later this Summer.
I named this after the Janice Cowl, which is different but you still use the same fan stitch combo. If you all like this design, perhaps I’ll make a bracelet one! 😀

You can get an ad-free downloadable pdf of this pattern in my Ravelry shop.

Materials:

• 2.25 mm crochet hook
• Size 10 crochet thread
  • I used Aunt Lydia’s Crochet thread
• Needle that will weave in your ends
• Hair tie/ elastic 

Gauge:

• 1″ x 1″ = 10 scs x 10 rows

Terms/stitches used:

• Ch: Chain
• St: Stitch
• Sc: Single crochet
• Dc: Double crochet

Notes:

• This pattern is worked back and forth in rows with a turn at the beginning/ end of the row.
  The ch 1 at the beginning of the row does not count as a stitch.
• At the beginning and end of each row  you sc into the hair tie. By the time you complete the headband there will be 2 sections of scs that will be opposite them.
• When changing colors, just pull up the new color at the beginning of the row.
• If you want to make this headband bigger or smaller, I would suggest either removing or adding chs from the ch-20 spaces that happen beside the hair tie. Due to the hair tie, there is some stretch to the headband.
• The shells part is a multiples of 8, so if you want to shorten this pattern you could remove chs in multiples of 8 or to make it bigger, add chs in multiples of 8 – as you add or subtract in multiples of 8, you would add to the repeats of the portion of * to *.
• If you don’t have a hair tie (or want to use it) instead of ch 20s, you can do sections of single crochets that you can use to tie in the back – like 5 scs and ch 15 then work the pattern as written and keep it consistent on both sides.
• You will need to know how to create a slip knot on your hook.

Finished product dimensions:

Width: 8.5″ – 9″ Height: 2″

Pattern instructions

Row 1: A: create a slip knot on your hook, sc into the hair tie, ch 137, sc into the other side of the hair tie – 2 scs, 137 chs
Row 2: A: Ch 1, turn, sc into the same side of the hair tie, ch 20, skip the next 20 chs, sc into the next st, *skip 3 sts, dc 9 times into the next st, skip 3 sts, sc into the next st,* repeat from * to * 11 more times, ch 20, skip the next 20 chs, sc into the hair tie (opposite where you began this row) – 15 scs, 108 dcs

Fasten off color A.

Row 3: B: Ch 1, turn, sc into the hair tie, ch 20, skip the next 20 chs, (dc, ch 1, dc) in the next sc, *ch 5, skip the next 9 dcs, (dc, ch 1, dc) into the next sc,* repeat from * to * 11 more times, ch 20, skip the next 20 chs, sc into the hair tie – 13 (dc, ch 1, dc), 12 ch-5 spaces
Row 4: B: Ch 1, turn, sc into the hair tie, ch 20, skip the next 20 chs and first dc, dc 5 times into the ch-1 space of the next (dc, ch 1, dc), skip the next dc, sc around the ch-5 from row 3 into the middle dc from row 2, *skip the next dc, dc 9 times into the ch-1 space of the next (dc, ch 1, dc), skip the next dc, sc around the ch-5 from row 3 into the middle dc from row 2,* repeat from * to * 10 more times, skip the next dc, dc 5 times into the ch-1 space of the next (dc, ch 1, dc),ch 20, skip the next dc and 20 chs, sc into the hair tie – 109 dcs, 12 scs

Fasten off color B.

Row 5: C: Ch 1, turn, sc into the hair tie, ch 20, skip the next 20 chs, sc into the next dc, ch 3, skip the next 4 dcs, (dc, ch 1, dc) into the next sc, *ch 5, skip the next 9 dcs, (dc, ch 1, dc) into the next sc,* repeat from * to * 10 more times, ch 3, skip the next 4 dcs, sc into the next dc, ch 20, skip the next 20 chs, sc into the hair tie – 4 scs, 24 (dc, ch 1, dc)
Row 6: C: Ch 1, turn, sc into the hair tie, ch 20, skip the next 20 chs, sc into the next sc, skip the next dc, dc 9 times into the ch-1 space of the next (dc, ch 1, dc), skip the next dc, sc around the ch-5 from row 5 into the middle dc from row 4, *skip the next dc, dc 9 times into the ch-1 space of the next (dc, ch 1, dc), skip the next dc, sc around the ch-5 from row 5 into the middle dc from row 4,* repeat from * to * 9 more times, skip the next dc, dc 9 times into the ch-1 space of the next (dc, ch 1, dc), skip the next dc, sc into the next sc, ch 20, skip the next 20 chs, sc into the hair tie – 15 scs, 108 dcs

Fasten off color C.

Row 7: D: Ch 1, turn, sc into the hair tie, ch 20, skip the next 20 chs, (dc, ch 1, dc) in the next sc, *ch 5, skip the next 9 dcs, (dc, ch 1, dc) into the next sc,* repeat from * to * 11 more times, ch 20, skip the next 20 chs, sc into the hair tie – 13 (dc, ch 1, dc), 12 ch-5 spaces
Row 8: D: Ch 1, turn, sc into the hair tie, ch 20, skip the next 20 chs and first dc, dc 5 times into the ch-1 space of the next (dc, ch 1, dc), skip the next dc, sc around the ch-5 from row 7 into the middle dc from row 6, *skip the next dc, dc 9 times into the ch-1 space of the next (dc, ch 1, dc), skip the next dc, sc around the ch-5 from row 7 into the middle dc from row 6,* repeat from * to * 10 more times, skip the next dc, dc 5 times into the ch-1 space of the next (dc, ch 1, dc), ch 20, skip the next dc and 20 chs, sc into the hair tie – 109 dcs, 12 scs

Fasten off color D.

Row 9: E: Ch 1, turn, sc into the hair tie, ch 20, skip the next 20 chs, sc into the next dc, ch 3, skip the next 4 dcs, (dc, ch 1, dc) into the next sc, *ch 5, skip the next 9 dcs, (dc, ch 1, dc) into the next sc,* repeat from * to * 10 more times, ch 3, skip the next 4 dcs, sc into the next dc, ch 20, skip the next 20 chs, sc into the hair tie – 4 scs, 24 (dc, ch 1, dc)
Row 10: E: Ch 1, turn, sc into the hair tie, ch 20, skip the next 20 chs, sc into the next sc, skip the next dc, dc 9 times into the ch-1 space of the next (dc, ch 1, dc), skip the next dc, sc around the ch-5 from row 9 into the middle dc from row 8, *skip the next dc, dc 9 times into the ch-1 space of the next (dc, ch 1, dc), skip the next dc, sc around the ch-5 from row 9 into the middle dc from row 8,* repeat from * to * 9 more times, skip the next dc, dc 9 times into the ch-1 space of the next (dc, ch 1, dc), skip the next dc, sc into the next sc, ch 20, skip the next 20 chs, sc into the hair tie – 15 scs, 108 dcs

Fasten off color E.

Row 11: F: Ch 1, turn, sc into the hair tie, ch 20, skip the next 20 chs, (dc, ch 1, dc) in the next sc, *ch 5, skip the next 9 dcs, (dc, ch 1, dc) into the next sc,* repeat from * to * 11 more times, ch 20, skip the next 20 chs, sc into the hair tie – 13 (dc, ch 1, dc), 12 ch-5 spaces
Row 12: F: Ch 1, turn, sc into the hair tie, ch 20, skip the next 20 chs and first dc, dc 5 times into the ch-1 space of the next (dc, ch 1, dc), skip the next dc, sc around the ch-5 from row 11 into the middle dc from row 10, *skip the next dc, dc 9 times into the ch-1 space of the next (dc, ch 1, dc), skip the next dc, sc around the ch-5 from row 11 into the middle dc from row 10,* repeat from * to * 10 more times, skip the next dc, dc 5 times into the ch-1 space of the next (dc, ch 1, dc), ch 20, skip the next dc and 20 chs, sc into the hair tie – 109 dcs, 12 scs
Fasten off color F, weave in all your ends. 

Tada, there it is. 😀 I hope you like this design, see ya next week.

This post is linked to Hookin’ on Hump Day #140.