Knitting Jenny Pattern 121: Irish Aran Islands Inspired Cabled Headband

Knitting Jenny Pattern 121: Irish Aran Islands Inspired Cabled Headband showcases a classic textured design of integrated cables within cables and a knotted design feature.

The pattern design was influenced by the historic knitting heritage of the Aran Islands, which includes wool traditions of knitting complex patterns with cables and other textured motifs.

Often knit with undyed wool, knitted cables are associated with aspects of the sea and land of the Aran Islands, located approximately 30 miles from the city of Galway, situated on the Atlantic coast of Ireland.

The Aran Islands are an archipelago of three islands: Inis Mór, Inis Meáin, and Inis Oírr. Since the nineteenth century, the people of the Aran Islands have cultivated textured cabled knitting, from which Knitting Jenny Pattern Collection 13 is inspired.

Knitting Jenny Pattern 121 features a natural white shade of Tahki brand Kashmir yarn, which is 75% merino wool, 23% silk, and 2% cashmere.

Alternately, a different wool brand——though similar yarn weight——can be substituted for Knitting Jenny Pattern 121.

The Kashmir put up is 40 gram balls that include approximately 97 meters.

The finished headband weighs approximately 40 grams.

Knitting Jenny Pattern 121 includes knitting patterns, motifs, and instructions in the following inclusive formats:

• Chart
• Written Instructions
• Photographic Tutorial
• Illustrations

The headband is knit flat, and is constructed as follows: 

• Provisionally cast on, knit the headband flat, wash and block the flat piece of knitting. When dry, twist together the two opposing ends of the headband, and stitch together the live stitches to create a knotted design feature.

The following knitting needles and tools are suggested. 

• 4.0mm double pointed needles
• 4.0mm cable needle
• blunt darning needle
• thin strong cotton crochet thread (for the provisional cast on)

The gauge for Knitting Jenny Pattern 121 is:

• 20 stitches and 26 rows to 4 inches (10 centimeters) over the complete textured cable pattern with knit and purl stitches, knit flat with 4.0mm knitting needles, after washing, blocking, drying.

The book includes 15 illustrations and 22 pages.

The book is intended to be read electronically, in consideration of the environment.

Published in the United States in 2026 by Mall & Mall Press, a publishing imprint of Mall & Mall LLC.

The book is delivered as an immediate digital download in PDF format and therefore cannot be returned, exchanged, or refunded.