I finished my niece's headband and was raring to go and tackle the next gift item on the list when I realized the thing was just too darn wide. Had to rip the whole thing back down and start over. I'm 2/3 done now, but how I wish I hadn't lost the knitting time...

If you like the pattern I recommend, if you're using aran weight yarn and size 8 needles, only cast on 30 stitches and decrease to 24 stiches for the forehead part. It's just too wide for anyone but Hagrid. The instructions give a yarn type that is "smooth worsted weight" and I thought I had the gauge right, but it just didn't work.

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