Reasons to knit the Shifted Buffalo Headbands:

• protect your ears with squishy cables
• the built in elastic ensures a good fit (perfect for gifting)
• compact sizes tucks easily into a coat pocket (much smaller than a hat)
• made from scrap quantities of fingering weight yarn
• memorizable 8 row/ 6 stitch repeat
• learn Woven Knitting with this small project
• videos tutorials for every step

Your pattern download includes separate pdfs for Shifted Buffalo Headbands A &B.

The Shifted Buffalo Headbands are a great introduction to Woven Knitting. If you are new to both Fission Knitting and Woven Knitting, this pattern is recommended before knitting the reversible Ten Squared Headband.

Yarn: 2 colours of fingering weight yarn
Yarn Usage: 100 yd/ 90 m of each colour
Needles: 4.5mm/ US#7 circular or dpn
Finished Size: 3.5-4 in/ 9-10 cm in width; adjustable length
Other: hair elastic

Skills required: Comfortable with cables
Resources: Shifted Buffalo Headband Tutorials

Recommended Yarn shown in Samples
Headband A: Sweet Georgia Cashluxe Fine; Marine & Birch
Headband B: Marianated Yarns Scrumptious HT; Amethyst & Morning Mist

ERRATA Corrected with pattern update in May 2025. For Shifted Buffalo Headband A only -- page 6: Cast on 11 stitches.

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