Notes from pattern:

Another knit pattern ideal for beginning knitters, and really great for showing off small amounts of soft luxury fibers.

The yarn can be of virtually any type, if it’s soft enough to touch the skin. Using garter stitch means not only is the headband very easy to make, but it remains elastic enough to stay firmly in place even when made of a non-elastic fiber like angora.

It’s a great project for beginning spinners with lots of small amounts of luxury fiber yarns they’ve spun. Ply lightweight yarns together (or, if already plied, hold them together as you knit), if you’re also using heavier yarns, so they will knit at similar gauges.

Gauge is not a major issue in this project. Use any size needles you’re comfortable with for knitting that yarn. The number to cast on that I suggest is based on medium-sized needles (US 3 through 6 or even 7, or about 3 through 4.5 metric) and yarn similar to sport weight (wraps around 15 to the inch / 6 per cm). Very fuzzy fibers can be knit with needles that are large relative to the yarn, while smooth fibers will need more yarn and smaller needles.

In angora, the headbands run about 1/2 to 3/4 ounce (15-20 gm) of yarn. I haven’t yet remembered to measure yardage requirements, but that will be extremely variable anyway. More weight is needed for thick yarn than for thin, or densely spun vs lofty.