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Easy Crochet Hair Scrunchie Pattern for Beginners

Make your own hair scrunchie with yarn scraps. Make this with blanket yarn or medium weight yarn for two totally different looks.

If you can single crochet and treble crochet, you can make these cute hair scrunchies. They are super easy, and I can make one in under 20 minutes. 

It’s a fun project and they make a great handmade gift. Plus, they are a great way to use up yarn scraps. You can use a wide variety of different yarn. Bernat blanket yarn, Bernat velvet yarn, Caron Simply Soft, A soft cotton yarn like Lion Brand Coboo yarn, Lion Brand 24/7 Cotton are just a few I have used to make these.

Easy Crochet Hair Scrunchie Pattern for Beginners

90’s Fashion

Hair scrunchies are popular again. Fashion is cyclical and they are back in fashion. My daughter likes to crochet around hair ties as it helps reduce hair breakage when putting her hair up. Add a little handmade flair to your wardrobe, it’s a fun way to dress up a ponytail or messy bun.

How to Make a Crochet Hair Scrunchie

It’s the perfect crochet pattern for beginners. There are a few different ways to make scrunchies using basic stitches. Today’s free pattern is showing you just one of those ways.  

For this particular style, you can make a hair tie using just one round or two. Depending on your preference. Using an “ouchless” elastic hair tie, crochet a round of single crochet stitches. For the second round, you’ll be working treble crochet stitches. Secure the yarn ends and you are done. Your handmade hair scrunchie is ready for wearing, gifting, or even selling at a craft fair.

Crochet scrunchies are perfect for using both a medium weight yarn or a #6 super bulky yarn.

Hair Scrunchies Stacked

Video Tutorial

There are video tutorials for both a left hand and right hand crocheter after the written pattern.

Directions: Easy Crochet Hair Scrunchie Pattern for Beginners

Skill Level

Beginner Friendly

Size

The size will depend on both the size of your Ouchless elastic hair band and the yarn used.

For the medium weight yarn scrunchie it measured about 4-inches around. When using the super bulky blanket yarn, the scrunchie measured approximately 5-inches around.

Gauge

Gauge is not critical for this pattern.

For medium weight yarn 13 sc and 14 rows.

For the blanket yarn  7 sc and 8 rows.

Materials

Plan on about 20 yards of yarn whether using a medium-weight yarn or bulky yarn.

Caron Simply Soft yarn about 20 yards.

Size I, 5.5mm Crochet Hook for medium weight yarn.

Bernat Blanket yarn about 20 yards.

Size K, 6.5 mm Crochet Hook for Bulky yarn.

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Elastic Ouchless Hair Tie. This is the type of elastic band for this pattern available on Amazon.

Tapestry Needle

Scissors

Abbreviations

CH = Chain

SC = Single Crochet

SL ST = Slip Stitch

ST = Stitch

STs = Stitches

TR = Treble Crochet

Bulky Yarn Hair Tie

Pattern Notes

Crochet pattern is written in US Terms.

The first round of crochet stitches are worked around the elastic hair tie.

You can stop after round one or continue on to round two for a wider crochet ruffle on the hair scrunchie.

When weaving in the yarn ends, try and weave them up and down close to the starting and ending stitches. This way, they will not pull out when the hair elastic tie is stretched out.

When securing the bulky weight yarn ends, I just weaved the ending yarn close to the beginning yarn. Tie a square knot and snip off the excess yarn.

There is no need to turn at the end of each round.

Crochet Stitches

Treble Crochet Stitch

Yarn over twice, insert the hook through both loops and pull up a loop. Next, yarn over and pull through two loops on the hook. Yarn over again and pull through the next two loops. Lastly, yarn over again and pull through the last two loops on the hook.

Crocheting a Hair Scrunchie

Begin

Round 1

Medium Weight Yarn.

Use the I, 5.5 mm hook.

Join yarn to the hair tie by making a slip knot on your hook. Inserting the hook through the elastic band, yarning over and drawing the yarn through the loop on the hook.

CH 1 (Does not count as a stitch). Work 38 SC STs around the hair tie. Join the round with a SL ST into the first SC ST. (After crocheting about 30 SC STs, push the STs close together so you can crochet the rest of the stitches around).

Blanket Weight Yarn.

Use the K, 6.5 mm hook.

Join yarn to the hair tie. CH 1 (Does not count as a stitch). Work 21 SC STs around the hair tie. Join the round with a SL ST into the first SC ST. (After crocheting about 15 SC STs, push the STs close together so you can crochet the rest of the stitches around).

Round 2

Both the Medium and Bulky yarn.

CH 3 (Does not count as a stitch). Work 2 TR in each ST around. Join with a SL ST into the top of the first TR stitch.

Finishing

Weave in yarn ends and cut off excess yarn.

Scrunchie after round 1 and round 2

YouTube Video Tutorials

Right hand crochet video

Left hand crochet video

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Easy Crochet Hair Scrunchie Pattern for Beginners

Make your own hair scrunchie with yarn scraps. Make this with blanket yarn or medium weight yarn for two totally different looks.
Prep Time5 minutes
Active Time15 minutes
Total Time20 minutes

Equipment

  • Size I, 5.5mm Crochet Hook
  • Size K, 6.5mm Crochet Hook
  • Tapestry Needle
  • Scissors:

Materials

  • Plan on about 20 yards of yarn whether using a medium-weight yarn or bulky yarn.
  • Caron Simply Soft yarn about 20 yards.
  • Bernat Blanket yarn about 20 yards.
  • Elastic Ouchless Hair Tie
Estimated Cost 2

Instructions

Begin

    Round 1

    • Medium Weight Yarn.
      Caron Simply Soft yarn about 20 yards., Elastic Ouchless Hair Tie
    • Use the I, 5.5 mm hook.
    • Join yarn to the hair tie by making a slip knot on your hook. Inserting the hook through the elastic band, yarning over and drawing the yarn through the loop on the hook.
    • CH 1 (Does not count as a stitch). Work 38 SC STs around the hair tie. Join the round with a SL ST into the first SC ST. (After crocheting about 30 SC STs, push the STs close together so you can crochet the rest of the stitches around).
    • Blanket Weight Yarn.
      Bernat Blanket yarn about 20 yards.
    • Use the K, 6.5 mm hook.
    • Join yarn to the hair tie. CH 1 (Does not count as a stitch). Work 21 SC STs around the hair tie. Join the round with a SL ST into the first SC ST. (After crocheting about 15 SC STs, push the STs close together so you can crochet the rest of the stitches around).

    Round 2

    • Both the Medium and Bulky yarn.
    • CH 3 (Does not count as a stitch). Work 2 TR in each ST around. Join with a SL ST into the top of the first TR stitch.

    Finishing

    • Weave in yarn ends and cut off excess yarn.

    Notes

    Abbreviations

    CH = Chain
    SC = Single Crochet
    SL ST = Slip Stitch
    ST = Stitch
    STs = Stitches
    TR = Treble Crochet

    Pattern Notes

    Crochet pattern is written in US Terms.
    The first round of crochet stitches are worked around the elastic hair tie.
    You can stop after round one or continue on to round two for a wider crochet ruffle on the hair scrunchie.
    When weaving in the yarn ends, try and weave them up and down close to the starting and ending stitches. This way, they will not pull out when the hair elastic tie is stretched out.
    When securing the bulky weight yarn ends, I just weaved the ending yarn close to the beginning yarn. Tie a square knot and snip off the excess yarn.
    There is no need to turn at the end of each round.

    Crochet Stitches

    Treble Crochet Stitch
    Yarn over twice, insert the hook through both loops and pull up a loop. Next, yarn over and pull through two loops on the hook. Yarn over again and pull through the next two loops. Lastly, yarn over again and pull through the last two loops on the hook.
    Right hand crochet video: https://youtu.be/4yWK4NUFz9U
    Left hand crochet video: https://youtu.be/1kN0sK14U_0

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