Scrunchies are back in fashion, but did they ever leave?

 

I was scrolling through a clothing website the other day and saw scrunchies in the accessories section. Later, on the phone to my sister I asked "scrunchies are ... back?"

"OH YES"

So here we are with a quick scrunchie pattern!


Materials: 

4 x 4.50 mm double pointed needles

DK/8ply yarn

Any hair bobble/hair tie

A tapestry needle to finish

A piece of contrasting yarn- around 20 inches long.


Notes:
I used the long tail cast on method when casting on to make it a little easier when it comes to creating an invisible seam to finish.


Pattern:

Cast on 21 stitches and divide them between 3 needles, 7 stitches on each needle.

Place a hair bobble/hair tie on the needles. Like so:

BIG NOTE: Whilst knitting, make sure you move the hair tie/bobble along as you knit so that you don't knit over it or it falls between the stitches.

For the plain scrunchie:
Knit every row. You will find, depending on the size of the hair bobble/tie that you will reach a point that it's difficult to knit anymore rows or that the knitting is nicely bunched around the tie/bobble.

For the multi-colour scrunchie:
Knit for the desired length of colour, then introduce the new colour:
K1 colour A, K1 colour B for 2 rows, with the odd number of stitches they will naturally overlap.

For 3 colours (A, B,C):

Knit 25 rows colour A.
K1 A, K1 B for 2 rows

Knit 26 rows colour B.
K1 B, K1 C for 2 rows

Knit 26 rows colour C.
K1 C, K1 A for 2 rows.

Knit 1 row colour A.

Again, you can change the number of rows as your hair tie/hair bobble may differ in size, but once it looks nicely bunched up or it's difficult to knit more rows then it's time to finish.

Finishing:

To finish, place all stitches onto the contrasting piece of yarn. This is to help see the stitches as you sew the ends together as it can be a little fiddly.

Cut the working yarn, leaving a long tail (I left around 55 inches, which is a bit much but hey) to sew the remaining stitches and the beginning of the scrunchie together using mattress stitch.

I created the following diagram to help:

Just before the mattress stitch is complete you can tie off any loose ends and put them inside the scrunchie to hide them away if you like. Once you have finished, secure the working yarn. I then use the tapestry needle to thread pull it inside the scrunchie to hide the end.

Let me know what you think of pattern #2 and if there are any confusing bits or parts that may need further clarification.

Thanks for reading!

Rosie x