DIY headband for you or baby

What you will need:

Old pair of colorful tights

Needle 

Semi-matching thread to tights

Ribbon or lace to accent

Get ready for more detail than you need. Hopefully a real beginner can catch on.

Measure either a hat or your head. (If you use your own head cut the tights 2-3 inches shorter than the measurement since the material is very stretchy)

Cut a length of one of the legs plus an inch for overlap later. 

Please double your thread. You need a little thread strength with this. 

Tuck the smaller end inside the larger (if it's not straight).

This isn't totally necessary, but I like to hide the original knot inbetween the layers. 

I also like to circle back through the loop so the original knot doesn't get pulled through the knit material. 

Dolphin stitch up and down with large stitches  through all 4 layers of material. 

Pull the thread tight scrunching the material together then thread the needle back  through the scrunch. 

Like so. Loop it back the other way a couple times. 

I like to wrap it tight around with the thread a couple times. 

On the back side (whichever side looks worse) hold thread tight, pick up some material with the needle and do a loop knot a couple times in the same place.  (Before you pull the stitch all the way through you put the needle back through the loop then pull tight creating a knot)

Pick some ribbon or lace and cut a small piece that can over lap a little on the back. 

I didn't even cut my thread I just went up through the two parts of the lace. Then I did some dolphin stitches around making sure to pick up some tights material with the lace. Then I tied it off to the side somewhat under the lace. 

Finito.

Comfy enough to sleep in.