Who's ready to crochet a sweet and lovely accessory for your little one?
Here's my newest design, the Lolita Headband! It's a dainty, Victorian-style headband that gives off both a cute and romantic vibe. It also has a vintage flair. This piece features three layered roses, two bows, and lacy edging.
This fun stashbuster crochet project can be used with scrap yarns. It can also look adorable year-round, and be worn during Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter!
Customization
You can easily customize it with different yarn colors as well. For instance, if you crochet it with black and white yarns, it'll have a maid or gothic style look to it! Perfect for maid cosplay or Halloween costumes.
You can also crochet just the headband portion without the flowers and bows, for a simpler look too:
Sizing
The pattern is written as one size to fit babies and toddlers. However, it can be adjusted to fit larger head sizes (e.g., kids/children, adults), simply by adding more starting chains to the base of the headband to make it longer.
Yarn
I used 100% acrylic yarn with Caron Simply Soft yarn, though you are welcome to use a different fiber (such as cotton) if you'd like. I recommend using medium weight yarn for this project. If you use a thinner yarn and a smaller hook, your project will come out smaller than mine, and if you use a thicker yarn with a larger hook, it'll come out larger.
Yarn: Caron Simply Soft from Yarnspiration
Hook: Odyssey Hook from Furls Crochet
Scissors: Unicorn Scissors from DarnGoodYarn
Make this project for...
...that little princess in your life! I think this headband makes a beautiful gift for baby girls. It can also be great for baby showers, birthdays, Christmas and holidays, as a craft fair product, or as photography props for newborn or child photographers.
The PDF pattern file includes complete written instructions for this DIY tutorial, photo references for the crocheted parts, and the link to an accompanying tutorial video for the straps section.
If you like this design of mine, you can check out the other Baby & Kid Patterns I have on my site, or click to see all my Free Crochet Patterns!
Want the PDF pattern?
If you would like to download the beautifully-formatted, ad-free, and easy-to-read PDF version with photo references, you can get a copy from my Ravelry or Etsy shop. (Thank you for supporting Sweet Softies designs! These funds help offset my craft materials cost and allows me to design more free patterns to share with you all on my blog!)
LOLITA HEADBAND
Free Crochet Pattern
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Introduction:
The Lolita Headband is a sweet and dainty accessory. This Victorian-style headband features three layered roses, two bows, and a lacy edging. It looks cute year-round, so you can wear it during Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter! It gives off both a cute and romantic vibe, and also has a vintage flair. It’s a fun stashbuster crochet pattern that can be used with scrap yarns. It is written as one size for baby and toddler, but it can be adjusted to fit larger or smaller head sizes (e.g., toddlers, kids/children, and adults). This headband makes a beautiful gift for your favorite little princess, baby showers, birthdays, Christmas, holidays, as a craft fair product, or photo props for photographers. The PDF pattern file includes complete written instructions for this DIY tutorial, photo references for the crocheted parts, and the link to an accompanying tutorial video for the straps section.
Size:
Fits Baby & Toddler
Level of Difficulty:
★★☆☆☆ Easy / Familiar Beginner
Requires familiarity with stitches used (below), attaching yarn, changing colors, and sewing parts together.
Stitches/Terms Used:
- FO: fasten off
- MR: magic ring
- Sk: skip
- Ch: chain
- Sl st: slip stitch
- Sc: single crochet
- Hdc: half double crochet
- Dc: double crochet
- Tr: treble (triple) crochet
- Inc: increase
- Dec: decrease
- BLO: back loops only
- Surface sl st
Materials:
- Medium weight 4 yarn in desired colors (I used Caron Simply Soft in the colors: white, light pink, and dark pink)
- 2.75mm hook for doll
- 5mm crochet hook
- 6mm crochet hook (for straps only)
- Yarn needle
- Scissors
HEADBAND
Start with light pink yarn and the 5mm hook.
Ch 24.
R1: Insert hdc in 3rd ch from hook. Hdc across in next 20 ch. Insert 5 hdc in last ch. (This will bring you around to the other side of the ch, with a row of unworked loops.) Hdc across the 20 ch on this opposite side. Insert 4 hdc in the last ch. *Join with a sl st to the first hdc in the round.
R2: Ch 2, hdc-inc in first st. Hdc 20. Hdc-inc 5. Hdc 20. Hdc-inc 4. *Join.
R3: Ch 2, hdc in first st, hdc-inc in next. Hdc 20. (Hdc, hdc-inc) x 5. Hdc 20. (Hdc, hdc-inc) x 4. *Join.
Change to white yarn.
R4: Ch 2. In BLO, (insert 3 hdc in first st, sc in next st) around. *Join.
FO and weave in the ends.
ROSE (x3)
Use dark pink yarn and the 5mm hook.
- Foundation #1: In MR, sc 5. Join with a sl st to the first sc.
- Petal Layer #1: *(Ch 1, dc 3, ch 1, sl st) in same st to create a petal. Sl st in next st* repeat around in each of the 5 sc. This yields 5 petals.
- Foundation #2: *Ch 3 and turn the flower over to its backside. Sl st in the furthest loop in petal from your hook* around, creating 5 ch-3 foundation gaps.
- Petal Layer #2: *Sl st, ch 1, dc 4, ch 1, sl st* in each of the ch-3 gaps.
- FO with a long tail for sewing later.
BOW (x2)
Use white yarn and the 5mm hook.
R1: In MR: Ch 5, tr 3, ch 5, sl st. Ch 5, tr, 3, ch 5, sl st.
FO with a long tail, pull ring tight, and wrap tail around the center of the bow.
STRAPS
Note: A video tutorial is available for this section.
Use light pink yarn and the 6mm hook.
- Start with a long tail of about 6 inches, then ch 20.
- Position the headband with the wrong side facing up. Insert hook to the very side of the main headband section (not the lace). YO, then pull through with a sl st.
- Continue using the surface sl st technique across the entire headband, going through the center of the headband from one side to the next.
- At the end, ch 20.
- FO with a long tail of about 6 inches to match the starting tail.
- Arrange the three roses on the headband, with one at the very center.
- Place the two bows to the sides of the roses.
- Once you are satisfied with the position of the pieces, sew them to the headband.
- Weave in all ends.
Congratulations on finishing your Lolita Headband! Hope you enjoyed this free pattern on my blog.
Want the PDF pattern?
If you would like to download the beautifully-formatted, ad-free, and easy-to-read PDF version with photo references, you can get a copy from my Ravelry or Etsy shop. (Thank you for supporting Sweet Softies designs! These funds help offset my craft materials cost and allows me to design more free patterns to share with you all on my blog!)
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