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A Rainbow Adjustable Shells Headband

18/12/2016

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Learn all about the Rainbow Adjustable Shells Headband a friend commissioned from me for her mother, and get tips on how to make your very own amazingly colourful headband too!
A Rainbow Adjustable Shells Headband by @beckastreasures | ONE Happy Recipient!
Over the last few months, I have been working, on and off, on a brand new headband series for a fully customizable set of designs that can be crocheted to any size/width using any yarn + hook.

Last month, when a friend of mine saw all the ones I had crocheted, she fell in love and commissioned me to make a rainbow version of the Adjustable Shells Headband as a special gift for Mother's Day. Which happens to be December 8th here in Panama.

Her special request was... A thick version with BOLD colours and lots of them!
A Rainbow Adjustable Shells Headband by @beckastreasures | Folded in half...
So, I poked around my stash and found little bits of several fun colours, but before I settled on an exact number, I wanted to see how I could best work the headband WITHOUT having to fasten off at the end of each row...

I determined that I would need an odd number of colours in order to do it the way I wanted it done. 

I already had the lighter blue centerpiece of the headband crocheted from when I was working on the headband video tutorial, so I decided to start the rainbow in that blue - the exact colourway is 2500 by Circulo Clea Yarns.

Then, I followed it with a purple (colourway-6614), pink (6092), orange (4156), yellow (1289), and green (5638).

Now I had the six basic primary and secondary colours. All I needed was one more. 

It took me a few moments to compare the other threads I had on hand with the six I was using so thus far. That's when I decided a navy (2859) would look amazing!

Hurray! Back to crocheting the headband...
For those of you who have been following me for a while, you'll know that I mostly only ever work with cotton thread size 10. It doesn't make a very thick anything. Which is great for all the Barbie projects I do, but not so much when I need something bigger.

Luckily, I recently discovered a clever video tutorial from Briana K that allowed me to turn one skein into a bulky yarn instead. YAY!

Off I went, switching colours at the end of each row, carrying them up the rows, and when I was ready for the same colour again, it was right there waiting for me. :D
I ended up crocheting more shell rows for this one, than I did for the dusty rose variation.

This was partly due to the loss of stretch on the sides of the headband from carrying 3 colours up the rows on each side.

And of course, I wanted to end the the headband on the lighter blue for balanace.


In the end, I ended up with 43 shell rows, which gave me 6 FULL colour repeats around. :D

It fit my head nicely with a good amount of leeway and stretchiness, which was perfect!

Especially considering the recipient's head is larger than mine.

I had it ready for her just in the nick of time too!

The day before Mother's Day, she came to collect it and gave me three hugs.

I just love seeing the happiness that comes from a happy customer!

​Don't you? :D
A Rainbow Adjustable Shells Headband by @beckastreasures!

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Also, be sure to add your projects to Ravelry, so I can see your creativity too. :D
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