My daughter asked me to crochet some scrunchies for her. Not that much work, I thought, so one evening, after she went to bed, I started crocheting. Turned out next morning that the scrunchies that I made weren't exactly the ones she had in mind. She meant scrunchies like the fabric ones: a tunnel with a piece of elastic in it. Luckily she liked mine much better, so I got away well. Not sure if they will be in use as hair bands or bracelets, though. Teenagers think in mysterious ways, aren't they? How I made them: Round 1: 40 sc around a regular hair elastic, close with a slip stitch in the first sc (40) Round 2: chain 2 (counts as the first dc), 2 dc in the same stitch, 3 dc in every sc of the previous round, close with a slip stitch in the chain stitch (120) Round 3: chain 2 (counts as the first dc), 1 dc in the same stitch, 2 dc in every dc of the previous round,close with a slip stitch in the chain stitch (240) Round 4: chain 2 (counts as the first dc), 1 dc in every dc of ...
Absolutely love this! :D Plus, no worries of bringing real leaves into the house to have them crumble everywhere, ha! :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful leaves !!:)
ReplyDeleteNice idea! Love the pattern!
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful! I love the idea of making a bunting that can be reused each year. You get beautiful decor and a new tradition!
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I love your beautiful leaves you crocheted! So festive and perfect.
ReplyDeleteI love those little leaves. Hope they are getting you in the old for Autumn, how could they not, they are wonderful
ReplyDeleteI've been knitting leafs, too ;-) Yours are very pretty and I love the happy colours of autumn :-)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Autumn leaves thank you for linking. :) x
ReplyDeleteThese are so cute and very original, I love those bright colors.
ReplyDeleteAw such pretty leaves, I love bunting! :)
ReplyDeletelovely! I would get into fall decorations, but I'm already starting for chanukah, so maybe another year! thanks so much for sharing on craft schooling Sunday!
ReplyDeleteVery pretty. Thanks for sharing with us at the #HomeMattersParty link party.
ReplyDeleteSo cute!!! I'm arriving from Share it Sunday!
ReplyDeleteOh, thanks for sharing this! I probably never would have run across this pretty pattern. Love it!
ReplyDeleteHow pretty!! I would love to have you share at my new craft party: http://craftymomsshare.blogspot.com/2015/10/crafty-weekends-paper-playhouse-review.html
ReplyDeleteThat's adorable! Thanks for joining Home Sweet Home!
ReplyDeleteHow fun and festive! I love fall, and these leaves would add to fall decor beautifully!
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing with #FiberTuesdays link party!
Susie
www.ouicrochet.com
Love these autumn leaves! So pretty.
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