The Tic Tac Toe Headband
A quick-to-crochet accessory that is as fun to wear as it is to create!
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The Pattern
The Tic Tac Toe Headband is the perfect project to make you fall in love with interlocking crochet!
Whether this is your first time trying out the technique, or you already have some experience with it, this pattern is sure to get you hooked.
Using primarily the double crochet and chain space, you’ll watch in wonder as a clever arrangement of simple stitches creates a cozy, two-sided masterpiece.
Quick to make and endlessly adorable, you’ll feel the joy of crocheting something as fun to wear as it is to create!
MEASUREMENTS
Headband circumference: 16 (17.5, 19.25) (20.75, 22.5) inches or 41 (44, 49) (53, 57) cm
DIFFICULTY
Intermediate
MATERIALS
Yarn: Any DK weight yarn you can meet gauge with in at least 2 highly contrasting colors. The sample is shown in Hobbii Happy Place Melange, DK weight #3 yarn (50% cotton, 50% wool, 273 yds / 250 m per 100 g ball) in color “Lollipop” as MC and “Almond” as CC.
Hooks: 4.0 mm (main gauge) hook, 3.75 mm (secondary gauge) hook, or sizes needed to obtain gauge. I’m a tight crocheter, so you may have to go down in hook sizes
Notions: Tape measure, scissors, darning needle, 2 stitch markers
YARDAGE
The approximate yardages are:
Main color: 1 ball of Hobbii Happy Place Melange, or 65 (75, 80) (85, 95) yds / 60 (70, 75) (80, 85) m
Contrast color: 1 ball of Hobbii Happy Place Melange, or 65 (70, 75) (80, 90) yds / 60 (65, 70) (75, 80) m
These yardages are estimated.
Scroll down for the tester lookbook with exact yardages from my testers!
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Yarn Substitution Ideas
Looking for yarn substitution ideas? Here’s a list of alternative yarns you can try!
- Alize Cotton Gold
- Baby Bee Sweet Delight
- Bendigo Woolen Mills Dolce 8 Ply
- Hobbii Friends Cotton Silk, Hobbii Metallico
- K+C Essential Wool
- Knit Picks Swish DK
- Lion Brand Truboo
- Loops & Threads Luxe Merino
- Paintbox Yarns Cotton DK
- Premier Cotton Sprout
- Schachenmayr Catania
- Sirdar No.1 DK
- Yarn Bee Bambootiful, Yarn Bee Soft & Sleek
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Shop the Tic Tac Toe Collection
The Tic Tac Toe collection is a series of interlocking crochet patterns for garments and accessories specifically designed to go perfectly together. These intermediate to advanced patterns feature a two-sided fabric that looks completely different on each side: on the “right side” you see star motifs and the main color is dominant, while on the “wrong side” you see squares and the contrast color is dominant.
A word from my testers
This pattern was easy to follow and quick to work up. It’s the perfect project to start and finish while on a road trip! I love that it is double-sided and that it looks more complex than it actually is. It does require paying close attention to which side the yarn needs to be dropped at the end of each round, otherwise there will be a ton of frogging to be had :’)
This pattern was fun to make. The pattern was well written and easy to follow. The pictures you have included add additional help for anyone who is not familiar with the stitches needed to complete the pattern. I am already thinking of other yarns in my stash that I can use to make a few more for myself and my family for presents! Looking forward to the colder weather so that I can wear this headband for more then just a few minutes.
Easy peasy lil headband that works up extremely fast!! You could knock out one each for the whole family in no time! Being reversible is definitely a bonus for this one!!
The pattern was very clear, I had to look at it often but that’s because I’m not used to interlocking crochet. Once I had done it once it was a breeze!
Tester lookbook
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Size 3, using 55 yds of Hobbii Metallico as MC, and 48 yds of Hobbii Metallico as CC (DK weight yarn)
Hook size(s): 4 mm
Mods: None.
Alex (figgies on Ravelry)
Size 3, using 64 yds of Knit & Crochet (K+C) Essential Wool as MC, and 50 yds of Knit & Crochet (K+C) Essential Wool as CC (worsted weight yarn)
Hook size(s): 4 mm
Mods: None.
Yamila (crafty-yam on Ravelry)
Size 5, using 34 yds of Lho-Sole – Dk Weight/3 Cotton Yarn 262Yds/3.5Oz. Color Hot Pink as MC, and 29 yds of Lho-Sole – Dk Weight/3 Cotton Yarn 262Yds/3.5Oz. Color Baby Pink as CC (DK weight yarn)
Hook size(s): 4 mm; 4.5 mm
Mods: None.
Anna (annayaghobova on Ravelry)
Size 3, using 71 yds of Online Linie 110 Timona as MC, and 52 yds of Online Linie 110 Timona as CC (worsted weight yarn)
Hook size(s): 3.5 mm; 4 mm
Mods: None.
Size 3, using 80 yds of Knitpicks Swish Dk as MC, and 75 yds of Brown Sheep Prairie Spun Dk as CC (DK weight yarn)
Hook size(s): 3.5 mm
Mods: None.
Pippa (pippasmakes on Ravelry)
Size 4, using 90 yds of Paintbox Yarns Cotton Dk In Jewel as MC, and 62 yds of Paint Box Yarns Cotton Dkin Champagne White as CC (DK weight yarn)
Hook size(s): 3.5 mm
Mods: None.
Size 5, using 85 yds of Lion Brand Comfy Cotton as MC, and 80 yds of Lion Brand Comfy Cotton as CC (DK weight yarn)
Hook size(s): 4 mm
Mods: None.
Poornima (Poornimagv on Ravelry)
Size 4, using 80 yds of locally sourced viscose yarn as MC, and 78 yds of locally sourced viscose yarn as CC (DK weight yarn)
Hook size(s): 3.5 mm
Mods: None.
Mariaoze (Mariaoze69 on Ravelry)
Size 3, using 68 yds of Coral Algodon Muy Suave cotton/acrylic blend yarn as MC, and 56 yds of Melissa Bebe acrylic yarn as CC (DK weight yarn)
Hook size(s): 4.5 mm
Mods: None.
Size 5, using 100 yds of Ashley’s Crochet Combed Cotton as MC, and 95 yds of Ashley’s Crochet Combed Cotton as CC (DK weight yarn)
Hook size(s): 3 mm; 2.75 mm
Mods: None.
Kimberly (KayCee65 on Ravelry)
Size 4, using 55 yds of Hobbii Happy Place Solid as MC, and 55 yds of Hobbii Happy Place Solid as CC (DK weight yarn)
Hook size(s): 4 mm; 3.75 mm
Mods: None.
Alexis (alexisfabros on Ravelry)
Size 4, using 77 yds of Crocheted By Carisse Yarn Mix as MC, and 33 yds of Crocheted By Carisse Yarn Mix as CC (DK weight yarn)
Hook size(s): 4 mm
Mods: None.
Mathilde (Seraphe on Ravelry)
Size 4, using 52 yds of Hobbii Friends Cotton Silk as MC, and 50 yds of Hobbii Friends Cotton Silk as CC (DK weight yarn)
Hook size(s): 4 mm
Mods: None.
Michelle (fxgrl605 on Ravelry)
Size 4, using 44 yds of Yarn Bee Easygoing as MC, and 37 yds of Yarn Bee Easygoing as CC (DK weight yarn)
Hook size(s): 3.5 mm
Mods: None.
Novei (Noveimc on Ravelry)
Size 5, using 90 yds of Bergere De France Idale 4 as MC, and 82 yds of Bergere De France Idale 4 as CC (DK weight yarn)
Hook size(s): 4 mm; 3.75 mm
Mods: None.
Size 4, using 70 yds of Yarn Bee Bambootiful as MC, and 65 yds of Yarn Bee Bambootiful as CC (DK weight yarn)
Hook size(s): 3.75 mm
Mods: None.
Size 4, using 55 yds of Vardhman Cotone as MC, and 50 yds of Vardhman Cotone as CC (DK weight yarn)
Hook size(s): 3.5 mm; 4 mm
Mods: None.
Dhanya (dhanyajinesh on Ravelry)
Size 3, using 90 yds of Alize Cotton Gold as MC, and 85 yds of Alize Cotton Gold as CC (DK weight yarn)
Hook size(s): 4 mm
Mods: None.
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