Knit Lace Kerchief Project

I love that on the Oregon coast, I can wear my knit pieces any time of the year.  This is an idea for converting any triangular shawl pattern into a kerchief for your hair.  Using a shawl pattern that begins at the bottom point, simply follow the pattern until your piece is as wide across as the measurement from one ear, over the top of your head, to your other ear. Set this aside, still on your needles.  Begin making a 4 stitch i-cord with the same yarn on the same sized double pointed needles.  When your i-cord reaches 12-18 inches in length, you will begin picking up one stitch from your set aside shawl piece for each i-cord row (beginning at one end).  Knit as follows: knit 3 i-cord stitches, Knit 2 together (one i-cord stitch and one kerchief stitch).  Repeat until you've picked up all of the kerchief stitches, and then just continue the i-cord by itself until the two ends match in length.  Tie in your yarn ends and you're finished.

For this particular piece I used a Lotus Blossom Lace pattern. It was found in the book "Shawls and Scarves" from "The Best of Knitter's Magazine".  I'm sure you can find the charts for it, but really any triangular increasing pattern will work.  Get creative and use your favorite look.