Tunisian Crochet Headband Free Pattern

Make this Tunisian Crochet Headband in the popular twisted style in just over an hour with a tweed size 4 aran weight yarn. You’ll love adding this unconventional stitch pattern to your skill basket.

“Tunisian Nautilus Twisted Headband” free crochet pattern by Kim Guzman © Jan. 2024. All rights reserved.
Technique: Tunisian crochet.
Skill Level: Intermediate.

My Crochet Pattern Notes

This headband is made in a unique Tunisian crochet stitch with a 1-row repeat. There are quite a few different stitches and some could be a little difficult to see if you’re new, so I’ve given this an Intermediate skill level.

The project is made from short edge to short edge and there are only 23 stitches across. Since there are so few stitches, you should be able to fit the entire thing on a regular crochet hook. Place a rubberband on the end to keep the loops from falling off.

Matching Scarf and Headband

I’ve made up this stitch pattern myself and used it for this Nautilus Scarf I was able to get this Twisted Headband out of the remaining yarn. It was a perfect use for the leftover yarn. I had only maybe five yards left after making both project.

As with most Tunisian crochet, this scarf is really great for a man and that’s how I marketed it. But, it’s so squishy and wonderful that it would be terrific for anyone.

Tunisian Crochet Stitches

There are so many Tunisian crochet stitch patterns. You can see many of them in this book I wrote which includes both basic stitches and stitch patterns I developed myself. You can read more about the books I’ve written at the Kim Guzman About Page.

Developing Tunisian crochet stitch patterns is one of my favorite things about the technique. Tunisian crochet is just so versatile. It’s unbelievable how many different stitches you can do.

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Finished Size

5″ wide x 19″ long (for adult 20″ head circumference).

Yarn

Red Heart “Super Saver“, size 4 weight, 100% acrylic, 5 oz/141g, 260 yds/238m per skein: 1 skein or approximately 100 yards color Buff Fleck.

Tunisian Crochet Symbol Chart

It may just be my imagination, but this looks more confusing than the words. Yikes! When read in conjunction, though, I hope this will help anyone having problems working this pattern. Once you get it started, you have to repeat row 2 throughout.

Other Abbreviations

This Tunisian crochet headband pattern is written in US crochet terminology.

ch=chain; lp(s)=loop(s); rep=repeat; sk=skip; sl=slip; st(s)=stitch(es); yo=yarn over.

All numbers after the colon at the end of an instruction are stitch counts. Use the stitch count to check your work.

Free Crochet Pattern Instructions

For best results, make your first row in the back horizontal bar of the chains.

Note: Ordinarily when you close a Tunisian crochet row, you will “yarn over and pull through 1”, also known as a chain 1 at the beginning, to close the first stitch. Watch your closing carefully here because this one is different. In order to maintain the decreases, the first closing is a “yarn over and pull through 2” which closes 2 stitches at the beginning instead of 1. Thereafter, when you see “yarn over and pull through 2”, it closes 1 stitch.

Row 1

A: Ch 15 loosely, sk 1 ch, puff (see Special Stitches above) in next ch, *[insert hook in next ch, yo, pull lp through] 3 times, puff in next ch, rep from * to last ch, insert hook in last ch, yo, pull lp through: 23 lps on hook.

B: Yo, pull through 2 lps on hook (see Note above), [yo, pull through 2 lps on hook] 2 times, *yo, pull through 4 lps on hook (closing 3 sts), [yo, pull through 2 lps on hook] 3 times, rep from * to last 7 sts (8 lps now on hook), yo, pull through 4 lps on hook, [yo, pull through 2 lps on hook] 2 times, yo, pull through 3 lps on hook (closing 2 sts): 1 lp remains on hook.

Row 2

Note: This row calls for several abbreviations which can all be found in Special Stitches above. I would normally call it out each time, but it would make it difficult to read the instructions on this one.

A: Sk 2 vertical bars, *tfs, tks, tfs, tss, horiz bar, tss, rep from * to last 3 sts, tfs, tks, tfs, insert hook as for tss under last 2 vertical bars: 23 lps on hook.

B: Yo, pull through 2 lps on hook, [yo, pull through 2 lps on hook] 2 times, *yo, pull through 4 lps on hook (closing 3 sts), [yo, pull through 2 lps on hook] 3 times, rep from * to last 7 sts (8 lps now on hook), yo, pull through 4 lps on hook, [yo, pull through 2 lps on hook] 2 times, yo, pull through 3 lps on hook (closing 2 sts): 1 lp remains on hook.

Rows 3-46: Rep row 2. Fasten off.

Note: No bind off is necessary since the last row is going to be hidden in the seaming.

Seaming

Place the length of the headband on a flat surface with the WRONG SIDE toward you. Pinch the short edges on either side to form a “U”. Interlock these two “U” shapes. Make sure the RIGHT SIDE is on the inside. With a yarn needle, seam along the short edges, making certain to go through all four layers.

Weave in all ends securely and turn headband inside out.

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