Christmas Scrunchies (free pattern)
Of all the things I made this year, Crocheted Scrunchie s were the biggest hit. My daughter wears them all the time, in her hair and/or on her arm, so I thought Christmas Scrunchies would be nice, too. I'm happy to say my duaghter thinks this Christmas variety 'is just as great as the regular, no mom, even better'! My daughter is thirteen now, so I'm wondering if it will last very much longer, that enthusiasm over mom made things, but I hope it does, because I really enjoy making things for my daughters. How I made them: Round 1: 40 dc around a regular hair elastic, close with a slip stitch in the first sc (40) Change color 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) Change color 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) Chang...

Oooh, now isn't that out of this world fantastic?! :) Sorry, I love puns and word play, but it really is terrific and just as cute as can be. I'd wear it to go to a local observatory that's located less than an hour away from our house, if I had one myself.
ReplyDelete♥ Jessica
Haha, love playing with language, too, but I'm not a native speaker of the English language, so I'm not so good with language jokes in English.
ReplyDeleteI've been to an observatory once in my life (but it was one of the best in the world, located at Mauna Kea in Hawaii) and I've never seen so many stars in my life! Great, great experience!!