Crochet Headband Ear Warmer, Hennessey Headband

Crochet headband ear warmer using post stitches

Hennessey Headband is a textured crochet headband ear warmer that uses post stitches to create texture. Have you tried post stitches before? They are anchored around the body of the stitch instead of in it’s top. If you’ve never learned how to do these before, the good news is that I have tutorial available to help you with these!

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Where can I get this crochet pattern?

The Hennessey Headband crochet headband ear warmer pattern is available free here in this blog post! Just scroll down for the free version.

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Why an ear warmer headband instead of a hat?

Why would someone want an ear warmer headband instead of a hat? Ear warmers are nice for those that like to have their hair up in a bun or ponytail. We’ve probably all tried putting a winter hat on over a ponytail before and noticed that it looks a little weird, or won’t cover our ears because of our hair taking up space inside the hat.

Crochet headband ear warmers are also really nice when it’s chilly, but not quite cold enough for a hat. You can keep your ears warm, but not keep your head covered. These can be really helpful when going for a walk or a run outside in cold weather.

How wide and how long should an ear warmer headband be?

You really want an ear warmer to do a good job of covering your ears. An average adult ear is around 3 inches tall, so you’ll want your ear warmer to be at least that wide, probably more like 4 or 5 inches to have a little extra coverage on top and bottom.

You’ll want a crochet ear warmer to be 2 to 4 inches smaller around than the head of the person wearing it. Seem strange? The thing is that crochet is stretchy. You’re going to want this ear warmer to stretch to fit the wearer so that it stays in place well and doesn’t slip down.

Hennessey Headband

A Crochet Headband Ear Warmer

By April Garwood of Banana Moon Studio

(C)2022 April Garwood. As with all my patterns, please do not make paper or digital copies for others. Instead, please direct them to my website to get their own. Thank you!

Difficulty Level: Intermediate

Available Sizes: Preemie [Baby, Toddler, Child, Adult S, Adult L]

Finished Measurements: Circumference 10 3/4 [13, 15 1/4, 17 1/2, 19 1/2, 21 3/4] inches; Width 2 [3, 3, 4, 4, 4] inches

Yarn: We Crochet Chroma Worsted (70% Superwash Wool, 30% Nylon; 198 yds; 100 g; yarn weight category: 4/Medium/Worsted): 1 ball #28052 Seahorse

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Crochet Hook: I (5.5 mm), or size needed to match gauge.

I use and recommend Furl’s Streamline Metal crochet hooks!

Notions:

Tapestry needle

Gauge: 15 sts x 8 rows = About 4 inches in double crochet.

Notes

This pattern uses standard US terms. For help with abbreviations, get my free, printable crochet abbreviations list here.

See this tutorial post for help with basic crochet stitches.

You’ll find a helpful tutorial for post stitches here.

Special Stitches

Extended front post double crochet (efpdc): yo, insert hook around the post of the designated st from the front, yo, pull up a loop, yo, pull through 1 loop, [yo, pull through 2 loops] 2 times.

Headband

Ch 40 [48, 56, 64, 72, 80], being careful not to twist the ch, join to first ch with sl st to form a ring.

Rnd 1: Ch 2 (does not count as a st), dc in each st around, join to first st with sl st – 40 [48, 56, 64, 70, 80] sts.

Rnd 2: Ch 2, efpdc (see Special Stitches) in first 4 sts, *dc in next 4 sts, efpdc in next 4 sts repeat from * around until 4 sts remain, dc in last 4 sts, join to first st with sl st.

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Finishing

Weave in all ends. Enjoy!

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