Free Scrunchie Crochet Patterns
I love designing patterns and I have now designed 6 different free crochet patterns for hair scrunchies. These velvet hair scrunchies are quick and easy crochet projects. I think the hardest part is learning the tricks to crocheting with velvet yarn. I will share the tricks that I have learned with you so you can enjoy making them too.
I came up with this version of the hair scruchies when I was in my studio and found a tote bag with all my Bernat velvet yarns. I remembered how much fun I had making my original patterns for velvet hair scrunchies (see my earlier blog in February), so I decided to make them a little differently than I did before.
For this version, instead of crocheting around the hair tie, I decided to crochet a rectangle. When finished, you just insert the corner of the rectangle into the hair tie, then single crochet the foundation row and the last row together to enclose the hair tie into the yarn. This technique gives them a slightly different look than the other version and makes sewing the tail ends a lot easier.
Crocheting with velvet yarn can be a little tricky. You will have to really work for your stitches if you don’t use the right hook.
Velvet yarn doesn’t play well with just any hook. I prefer to use a plastic hook and I’ve found that the Clover Amour hooks for thicker yarn and Velvet yarn play well together. The Clover Amour hooks are plastic but they have a coating on them that makes them really smooth. My Susan Bates metal hooks and the velvet yarn were not a good fit. They just didn’t like each other. I felt that had to really work for my stitches, which will throw your tension off.
The other tricky part to crocheting with velvet yarn is that it is harder to see your stitches. If you have trouble finding the stitch you need to work into, try “feeling” for the stitch. Learning to feel for my stitches has really made it easier for me to work with velvet yarn.
Velvet Hair Scrunchies (rectangle method) Pattern
MATERIALS:
Bernat Velvet Yarn
SizeK/6.5mm crochet hook
Hair ties
Scissors
Tapestry needle
ABBREVIATIONS:
CH : chain
FDC: foundation double crochet
FHDC: foundation half double crochet
HDC: half double crochet
SC: single crochet
ST(S): stitch(es)
Notes: You will be crocheting the last row of the pattern and the beginning chain together to close the hair tie in the yarn. Place the right corner of the foundation row in the center of the hair tie and single crochet the first ST of the current row and the foundation row together. Continue lining up your foundation row and current row and crocheting them together.
Medium Size – FHDC 30.
Row 1 : CH 1, turn, SC in 1st ST, SC in each remaining ST in row (30).
Row 2 : CH 1, turn, HDC in 1st ST, HDC in each remaining ST in row (30).
Row 3 : CH 1, turn. SC the 1st ST of this row and the first ST of the foundation chain together closing the hair tie in the yarn. Continue doing this for the remaining STS in the row.
Fasten off. Leave about 6″ tail for sewing the beginning of the row and the end of the row together. Weave in ends.
Small Size – FDC 36.
Row 1 : CH 1, turn, SC the 1st ST of this row and the 1st ST of the foundation chain together closing the hair tie in the yarn. Continue doing this for the remaining STS in the row (36).
Fasten off. Leave about 6″ tail for sewing the beginning of the row and the end of the row together. Weave in ends.
Large Size – FDC 36
Row 1: CH 1, turn, DC in 1st ST in row and DC in each remaining ST (36).
Row 2: CH 1, turn, HDC in 1st ST in row and HDC in each remaining ST (36)
Row 3: CH 2, turn, DC in 1st ST in row and DC in each remaining ST (36)
Row 4: CH 1, turn, SC the 1st ST of this row and the 1st ST of the foundation chain together closing the hair tie in the yarn. Continue doing this for the remaining STS in the row (36)
Fasten off. Leave about 6″ tail for sewing the beginning of the row and the end of the row together. Weave in ends.
I would love to see the hair scrunchies that you make using my patterns. Feel free to share them on social with me. For Instagram, you can use the hashtags #alcpatterns and #averylanecreations
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Happy Crocheting!!
5 Comments
Elizabeth Serres
One of my favourite posts. I love seeing a different form for velvet scrunchies. And could be easily adapted for other yarn types.
Missi Murvin
I plan to make these for this summer to pull my hair up. I have the velvet yarn on my list to get next time I go yarn shopping in Nashville. These are so much nicer than the ones you get in the store. Brilliant pattern.
Jess
Super easy and cute!
Ashley D.
Eeeek- love this post. I’ve got some of this yarn leftover from a blanket! Making these today. Thank you
Brianna
I am going to HAVE to try this. I have a bunch of blanket (not velvet) yarn to practice with 😏