A Very Lofty Headscarf

The stunning Cherry Blossom Scarf by Yvonne Ellsworth on the title of Handwoven Spring 2025 instantly captured my attention … yours, too?

Reading up on the project details I noticed that the scarf uses one of my favorite mohair yarns, Berroco Aerial.

One thought lead to the next, and I wondered if I could use any leftovers from such a project to make something nice with pin looms.

For my second Weave Together 2025 project I settled on the idea of making a headscarf, light enough to keep the wind from messing up one’s hair, but without being too warm … perfect for traveling.

The Rhinebeck Headscarf pattern that was released last fall already includes a chart for such a headscarf, made of hexagons (and half hexagons) only.

Based on my calculation there should be enough Aerial left after making the Cherry Blossom scarf to pin-loom weave a headscarf. I randomly wove up hexagons in both colors and arranged those into stripes. Feel free to create your own color distribution!

To give the head row a little bit more strength, I wove the pieces for this row by holding a strand of Aerial and the very soft LoftyCotton 8/4 from Lofty Fiber together.

This approach on its own would make a great sweatband, too.

Instead of knitting an i-cord to tie the headscarf I came up with the idea of using a mitten clip as closure (I found some on Amazon).

With just the mitten clip, the headscarf will fit a small adult head, and you can add a trapezoid on each end of the head row to make the closure easily adjustable for larger head circumferences.

To make the headscarf you will need:

Original TURTLE Loom™, F – fine sett
Original Trapezoid, F – fine sett (this loom is optional, instructions for weaving half hexagons on your hexagon loom can be found here)
Berroco Aerial, about 140 yards total
Lofty Fiber LoftyCotton 8/4 NATURAL, about 32 yards (without extensions)
Rhinebeck Headscarf pattern (If you already bought the pattern, you don’t need to buy it again. Use the “Hexagons only” chart at the end of the pattern. For everyone else: The pattern is on sale at 25% off until the end of March 2025, no code needed.)