Crocheted Scrunchies
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 ...
Sign me up for one of each colour as well, pretty please. For the longest time I shied away from stripes, as they didn't seem to do my short, curvy figure many favours, but in the past year or so, I've slowly started to sport small horizontal ones a bit more often. This change came about largely because of a cute grey and mustard yellow (modern, but very classic looking) top that I thrifed from Value Village. It worked well on me and helped me to see that some stripes can be my fashion friends. :)
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♥ Jessica