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Bulky Weight Turban by Jenise Hope

Sizes: adult sm (lg) to fit heads 20-22 (22-24) inches around

Yarn: Brooklyn Tweed, Quarry Chunky weight 100% Targhee-Columbia Wool 200 yds/100
grams 1 skein needed shown in color Flint
Needle size: 4.5 mm/US 7 circular needle longer than 16 inches
note that I tend to work loosely, you may need a larger needle to achieve gauge
Notions needed: Yarn needle, buttons,
Gauge: 2.5 sts to 1 inch, in stockinette stitch, blocked
Finished measurements: 18 (20) inches around the bottom edge (note that this bottom edge (as
shown in schematic) should measure 2 inches longer than this before grafting closed, as the “knot”
will take up length from the edge)
Skills needed: increase, decrease, picking up stitches, seaming (Kitchener), slipping stitches, knit
and purl
Summary of construction: work a small “tab”, then pick up from 3 sides to start knitting a semi-
circle. Once the semi circle is a couple inches short of wrapping the bottom (straight) edge around
your head, split the semi circle into 4 equal sections, and work each separately. Graft the 4
sections together to make a knot, and the turban is complete! See schematic below to clarify.

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Back Tab

Cast on 6 stitches
Row 1: K6 (6 sts).
Row 2: K1, p4, k1 (6 sts).
Rows 3-14: Repeat rows 1-2.
Row 15: K1, ssk, k2tog, k1 (4 sts).
Don't cast off, hold stitches on a cable needle or stitch holder, but cut the yarn.

Pick up and knit, starting beside the cast on, right side out. Pick up on the sides
between the garter selvage and the stockinette center. Pick up 14 stitches on each
side, and knit the 4 stitches at the top in the middle. You should be ready to work
a right side row now (stockinette side out), and have 32 stitches total. You will be
working back and forth, in a semi-circle.

Turban main

Row 1: K1, [k1, p1] 6 times, p6, [p1, k1] 6 times, k1 (32 sts).
Row 2: P1, [p1, M1LP, k1, M1LP] 6 times, [k1, M1LP] twice, k2, [M1RP, k1] twice, [M1RP, k1,
M1RP, p1] 6 times, p1 (60 sts).
Row 3: [K3, p1] 5 times, k3, [p1, [k1, p1] 3 times] twice, [k3, p1] 5 times, k3 (60 sts).
Row 4: K1, s1 wyif, [k3, s1 wyif] 5 times, k1, M1LP, [k1, M1LP, p1, M1LP, k1, M1LP, p1, M1RP,
k1, M1RP, p1, M1RP, k1] twice, M1RP, k1, s1 wyif, [k3, s1 wyif] 5 times, k1 (74 sts).
Row 5: K3, p1, k3, [p1, [[k3, p1] 3 times, k1] twice, k2, p1] twice, k3, p1, k3 (74 sts).
Row 6: K1, s1 wyif, [k3, s1 wyif] 5 times, k1, M1RP, [k3, s1 wyif] 3 times, k1, M1LP, k2,
M1RP, [k1, s1 wyif, k2] 3 times, k1, M1LP, k1, s1 wyif, [k3, s1 wyif] 5 times, k1 (78 sts).
Row 7: [K3, p1] twice, [[k3, p1] 3 times, k2] twice, k1, p4, [[k3, p1] 3 times, k2] twice,
[k1, p1, k2] twice, k1 (78 sts).
Row 8: K1, s1 wyif, [k3, s1 wyif] 5 times, k1, M1RP, s1 wyif, [k3, s1 wyif] 3 times, k2,
M1LP, k2, M1RP, k2, s1 wyif, [k3, s1 wyif] 3 times, M1LP, k1, s1 wyif, [k3, s1 wyif] 5 times,
k1 (82 sts).
Row 9: [K3, p1] twice, [[k3, p1] 3 times, k3] twice, [p1, k1, p1] twice, [[k3, p1] 3 times,
k3] twice, [p1, k3] twice (82 sts).
Row 10: K1, s1 wyif, [k3, s1 wyif] 5 times, k1, M1RP, [k1, s1 wyif, k2] 4 times, k1, M1LP, k2,
M1RP, [k3, s1 wyif] 4 times, k1, M1LP, k1, s1 wyif, [k3, s1 wyif] 5 times, k1 (86 sts).
Row 11: [[K3, p1] 10 times, k3] twice (86 sts).
Row 12: K1, s1 wyif, [k3, s1 wyif] 5 times, k1, M1RP, [k2, s1 wyif, [k3, s1 wyif] 4 times]
twice, k2, M1LP, k1, s1 wyif, [k3, s1 wyif] 5 times, k1 (88 sts).
Row 13: [[[K3, p1] 5 times, k1] twice, k2] twice (88 sts).

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Row 14: K1, s1 wyif, [k3, s1 wyif] 5 times, k1, M1RP, k1, [k2, s1 wyif, [k3, s1 wyif] 4
times] twice, k3, M1LP, k1, s1 wyif, [k3, s1 wyif] 5 times, k1 (90 sts).
Row 15: [[[K3, p1] 5 times, k2] twice, k1] twice (90 sts).
Row 16: K1, s1 wyif, [k3, s1 wyif] 5 times, k1, M1RP, s1 wyif, k1, [k2, s1 wyif, [k3, s1 wyif]
4 times] twice, k3, s1 wyif, M1LP, k1, s1 wyif, [k3, s1 wyif] 5 times, k1 (92 sts).
Row 17: [[K3, p1] 5 times, k3] 4 times (92 sts).
Row 18: [K1, s1 wyif, [k3, s1 wyif] 5 times, k1] 4 times (92 sts).
Rows 19-32: Repeat rows 17-18.
Row 33: [[K3, p1] 5 times, k3] 4 times (92 sts).
If you measure from corner to corner, straight across the “bottom”, your turban
should be approx. 15 (17) inches across. Add or take away repeats as needed to be
close to this length.

Separate the stitches into 4 equal sections, and work these last rows on each
section independently.
Row 34: K1, s1 wyif, [k3, s1 wyif] 5 times, k1 (23 sts).
Row 35: [K3, p1] 5 times, k3 (23 sts).
Rows 36-41: Repeat rows 34-35.
Row 42: K1, s1 wyif, [k3, s1 wyif] 5 times, k1 (23 sts).
Row 43: K1, ssk, p1, [s2tog-k1-p2sso, p1] 4 times, k2tog, k1 (13 sts).
Row 44: K1, [p1, k1] 6 times (13 sts).
Each knit out section should be approx 2.5 inches long. Hold them on extra
needles/stitch holders as you move onto the next section.

Now graft the two right-hand section together (yes, this is going to be an
awkward, squishy task, but thankfully the grafting will be hidden in the “knot”) so
that the corners closest to each other meet up, and the far corners meet, and it is
right-sides up. Now, even more awkward, pull one of the left-hand sections
through the loop you just created, and then graft the left hand sections together
the same way, both right-side up.

Weave in all tails, block gently, and you are done!

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Stitch Glossary
k
Knit.

k2tog
Knit 2 stitches together.

M1LP
From the front, lift the horizontal strand between stitches with the left needle. Purl
through the back loop.

M1RP
From the back, lift the horizontal strand between stitches with the left needle. Purl
through the front loop.

No stitch
This stitch is ignored.

p
Purl.

ssk
Slip 2 stitches knitwise, then knit slipped stitches together.

s1 wyif
With the working yarn in front, insert the right needle into the next stitch as if to
purl and transfer the stitch from the left needle to the right.

s2tog-k1-p2sso
Slip 2 stitches together knitwise, knit 1, then pass slipped stitches over.

If you have any questions or comments regarding this pattern, feel free to contact me through
private messages in Ravelry as femininebydesign, or email me at femininebydesign@gmail.com. I
am happy to help if you think you may have found a mistake in the pattern or have questions about
the sizing or something else.

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