AC314 Knit Turban

This strikingly elegant turban is knit sideways with short row shaping to form a (very) long tube. To wear, you place the wide end on your head, wrap the tube around, and tuck the other end into one of the folds.

Knit in fingering or dk weight yarn.
Sizes: Small (Medium, Large)
Finished Measurements: about 18 (20, 22)” circumference at headband
(The headband will stretch – size Medium fits an average adult woman)

Addition Information

Materials, Fingering Weight:
375 (458, 570) yds. fingering weight yarn
36” circular knitting needle size 4 (US)
(or size needed to obtain gauge)
Several yards contrast color yarn (for casting on)
1 yard clear sewable elastic
Gauge: 25 sts.; 31 rows = 4” in stockinette st.

Materials, DK Weight:
330 (420, 495) yds. dk weight yarn
36” circular knitting needle size 8 (US)
(or size needed to obtain gauge)
Several yards contrast color yarn (for casting on)
1 yard clear sewable elastic
Gauge: 18 sts.; 22 rows = 4” in stockinette st.

The Knit Turban pictured was knit in Wisdom Yarns ‘Poems Sock’ from Universal Yarn.