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Crochet scrunchie: ruffled double crochet around a hair tie

Work 80 single crochets over a hair elastic and join, then work 2 double crochets in every stitch: 160 double crochets ruffle into a scrunchie.

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Rounds over an elasticUS termsHook: 5 mm (US H-8), or the size that gives you gaugeSize from your washed swatchEm portuguêsDK or worsted yarn

Know these stitches: single crochet, double crochet, slip stitch

The finished scrunchie.

Materials and yarn planning

Yarns we’ve reviewed that suit it: Bernat Softee Cotton yarn, Knit Picks Dishie Cone yarn, Lion Brand 24/7 Cotton DK yarn. For the hook, choose by size and handle.

This pattern has about 240 stitches. For a closer figure in your own yarn, weigh what you have made once a good part is done, divide by the stitches made so far, multiply by 240 and divide by the ball weight on the label. Taller stitches use more yarn than short ones, so allow a margin.

Finished size and gauge

The elastic sets the size. Fit as many single crochets as cover it snugly; 80 is for medium yarn on a 5 cm elastic. Keep an even count.

The gauge calculator compares your swatch with the pattern. A stitch name you do not know is in the abbreviation chart; a UK pattern’s names are in the US/UK term reference.

The pattern

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Cover the elastic

  1. Make a slip knot on the hook. Hold the elastic in front of the yarn; insert the hook through the elastic, yarn over and pull up a loop, yarn over and draw through both loops: one single crochet over the elastic.
  2. Repeat until the elastic is covered snugly, about 80 single crochets, pushing the stitches together as you go. Slip stitch to the first single crochet to join.

Ruffle

  1. Round 2: chain 3 (counts as a double crochet), 1 double crochet in the same stitch, then 2 double crochets in each stitch around: 160 stitches. Join to the top of the chain 3.
  2. Fasten off and weave the ends into the ruffle.

Check the work

Round 1: an even number of single crochets, 80 here. Round 2: twice as many double crochets.

Stitches by round80 · 160
  • If the elastic shows, add more single crochets in Round 1.
  • If the ruffle is flat, check for 2 double crochets in every stitch.

Updated . Stitch counts checked row by row; we haven’t crocheted a sample of this one yet. How the patterns are checked. Keep your yarn label, hook and swatch on the printable project worksheet.

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