Rose Quartz & Festival Headband Tutorial - Darn Good Yarn

Rose Quartz & Festival Headband Tutorial

Written by Kate Curry

Is it too hot to show off your favorite yarn? With temperatures hitting the 90s here in NY, it is impossible to wear my favorite beanies, scarves, or shawls. But there’s so much pretty yarn I want to wear! 

If you’ve been eyeing some yarn and are at a loss of what to make, I have just the project for you! 

Materials

A cake of rose quarts sparkle worsted weight silk yarn in different shades of pinks is resting in the sun on a wooden table. There's a red metal crochet hook stuck into the cake and a purple yarn tag is posed in front of the cake.

Before We Get Started

Measure your head! You’ll need to know the measurements of your head to know how long your chains will have to be! 

These headbands are a mix of different styles of chains and simple crochets. With one skein/cake of yarn, you will be able to do as many chains in your headband as you’d like! 

Techniques You’ll Need To Know

Chaining 

Single Crochet 

Double Crochet 

‘Chonking’ or thickening up yarn 

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Let’s Get Started!

Sparkle Worsted Weight

Single Crochet Chain

Step 1: Using a slip knot, attach the yarn to the hook while the hair tie is around the hook. This will anchor the yarn into the hook.  

A red metal crochet hook with a navy blue hair tie has the pink sparkly yarn attached to the hook.

Step 2: Using 5.50 mm hook, CH 73 (or however many chains you will need to fit comfortably around your head. 

Step 3: SLST and YO. Knot and leave a long tail to attach to the hair tie.  

Step 4: Attach the tail end of the chain to your hair tie with a tight knot. Snip off any excess strings 

A pale hand is holding a chain of stitched rose quartz pink yarn. To the upper left of the hand is the full cake of the same pink sparkly yarm.

Chonky Chain

Step 1: Chonk up the yarn using the above tutorial. Using a slip knot, attach the yarn to the hook while the hair tie is around the hook. This will anchor the yarn into the hook.  

Step 2: With a 6.50 mm crochet hook, CH 55. 

Step 3: Slip stitch and YO. Knot and leave a long tail to attach to the hair tie.

Step 4: Attach the tail end of the chain to your hair tie with a tight knot. Snip off any excess strings

On a wooden table, a blue and a gold metal crochet hook rests on the table. In a pale hand is a chunky crochet chain of pink and orange ombre sparkle yarn.

Double Crochet Chain

Step 1: Using a slip knot, attach the yarn to the hook while the hair tie is around the hook. This will anchor the yarn into the hook.  

Step 2: Using 5.50 mm hook, CH 73, 

Step 3: Place 1st DC into the 4th sts and DC the whole row. 

Step 4: Weave in the ends and anchor the strand to the hair tie. 

On a wooden table, a pale hand holds a strand of double crochet pink ombre sparkle worsted weight yarn.

Sparkle Lace Weight

Single Crochet Chain

Step 1: Using a slip knot, attach the yarn to the hook while the hair tie is around the hook. This will anchor the yarn into the hook.  

Step 2: Using the 2.50 mm crochet hook, CH 120  

Step 3: Slip stitch and YO. Knot and leave a long tail to attach to the hair tie.

Step 4: Attach the tail end of the chain to your hair tie with a tight knot. Snip off any excess strings

Chonky Chain

Step 1:  Chonk up the yarn using the above tutorial. Using a slip knot, attach the yarn to the hook while the hair tie is around the hook. This will anchor the yarn into the hook.  

Step 2: Using the 4.00 mm crochet hook, CH 100 

Step 3: Slip stitch and YO. Knot and leave a long tail to attach to the hair tie.

Step 4: Attach the tail end of the chain to your hair tie with a tight knot. Snip off any excess strings

Double Crochet Chain

Step 1: Using a slip knot, attach the yarn to the hook while the hair tie is around the hook. This will anchor the yarn into the hook.  

Step 2: Using 2.50 mm crochet hook, CH 120 

Step 3: Place 1st DC into the 4th sts and SC back to the beginning of the row 

Step 4: Weave in the ends and anchor the strand to the hair tie. 

Single Ply Hemp

Single Crochet Chain

Step 1: Using a slip knot, attach the yarn to the hook while the hair tie is around the hook. This will anchor the yarn into the hook.  

Step 2: Using the 4.00 mm hook, CH 85

Step 3: Slip stitch and YO. Knot and leave a long tail to attach to the hair tie.

Step 4: Attach the tail end of the chain to your hair tie with a tight knot. Snip off any excess strings

Chonky Chain

Step 1:  Chonk up the yarn using the above tutorial. Using a slip knot, attach the yarn to the hook while the hair tie is around the hook. This will anchor the yarn into the hook.  

Step 2: Using the 6.50 mm hook, CH 60 

Step 3: Slip stitch and YO. Knot and leave a long tail to attach to the hair tie.

Step 4: Attach the tail end of the chain to your hair tie with a tight knot. Snip off any excess strings

Double Crochet Chain

Step 1: Using a slip knot, attach the yarn to the hook while the hair tie is around the hook. This will anchor the yarn into the hook.  

Step 2: Using the 4.00 mm hook, CH 85

Step 3: Place 1st DC into the 4th sts and SC back to the beginning of the row 

Step 4: Weave in the ends and anchor the strand to the hair tie. 

Twist Sport

Single Crochet Chain

Step 1: Using a slip knot, attach the yarn to the hook while the hair tie is around the hook. This will anchor the yarn into the hook.  

Step 2: Using the 3.50 mm crochet hook, CH 110 

Step 3: Slip stitch and YO. Knot and leave a long tail to attach to the hair tie.

Step 4: Attach the tail end of the chain to your hair tie with a tight knot. Snip off any excess strings

Chonky Chain

Step 1:  Chonk up the yarn using the above tutorial. Using a slip knot, attach the yarn to the hook while the hair tie is around the hook. This will anchor the yarn into the hook.

Step 2: Using the 5.50mm hook, CH 65

Step 3: Slip stitch and YO. Knot and leave a long tail to attach to the hair tie.

Step 4:  Attach the tail end of the chain to your hair tie with a tight knot. Snip off any excess strings

Double Crochet Chain

Step 1: Using a slip knot, attach the yarn to the hook while the hair tie is around the hook. This will anchor the yarn into the hook.  

Step 2: Using the 3.50 mm hook, CH 110

Step 3: Place 1st DC into the 4th sts and SC back to the beginning of the row 

Step 4: Weave in the ends and anchor the strand to the hair tie. 

 

With all of these options, I hope you can show off your favorite yarns! 

A person with short blonde hair and a black tank top and glasses is posing in front of a white board and a decorative orange and pink pillow. On their head is a crochet headband made out of sparkling lace weight silk yarn.

Meet the Author

Profile picture of the author, Kate Curry, wearing a dark red Nanda Poncho sitting on concrete stairs in front of brick wall.

Kate has been on the Darn Good Yarn team since 2018.

They have their degree in Creative Art Therapy & Psychology - and like crafting and animals a little too much.