How to Crochet Christmas Bow Hair Tie for Absolute Beginners
Today, I’m gonna share with you a low-sew, quick, and super easy Christmas hair tie tutorial from Vicky Handmade. She has designed a lovely Christmas bow hair tie and scrunchie by working around an elastic band and attaching a large crochet bow. With a red and white color combo, this basic but cute crochet hair scrunchie is the perfect gift for Christmas and can even be customized for any time of the year.
You will also love the ribbing in the crochet coquette bow, how the tie is attached to it, and the ribbing. This makes the functionality in check and makes it perfect for beginners. It will make the gifts for your friends super quickly.
So, if you have made up your mind to crochet one for the upcoming Christmas, continue reading this post till the end. There you will find the complete tutorial. It will be the best gift ever!
Crochet Christmas Hair Tie & Scrucnhies
Who is the Designer: The designer behind this crochet Christmas hair tie is @vickyhandmade – she has a particular interest on bags and accessories. From hairclips with fun themes, scrunchies, and keychains, you’ll love her library.
She has a complete series to crochet accessories for Christmas, like other hair ties, a drawstring Christmas tree bag, scrunchies, hair clips, and much more. I just love her flower hairclips.
Note: In respect of the creator’s pattern rights, there will be no provision of the written pattern. You can watch the tutorial with on-screen written instructions at the end of this post.
The Materials Needed
Vicky has asked to gather the following tools and materials for crocheting the cutest hair tie in the same size:
- 3.5 mm hook
- 4 ply acrylic yarn (or use milk cotton yarn)
- Colors: red and white.
Other Materials:
- Elastic hair tie
- Yarn needle
- Scissors
Crochet Christmas Scrunchies Tutorial
Quick Summary & Skill Level: Beginner – Intermediate. You will be working this bow hair tie for Christmas in flat crocheting a pattern of single crochet, slip stitch, and half-double crochet. You will also alternate between the ribbed and simple rows by BLO. To make a basic dip in the fabric, you will also work from the beginning through chaining.
Use the reverse single crochet edging on the bow by color-change to white. Work around the hair tie using single crochet and slip stitch. Make one larger piece and a smaller one, and sew both from the center.
Tutorial-Timing: 18 Minutes only (perfect for learning the popular coquette bow pattern and working around a circle like in donut ornaments)
Quick Tips: You can also crochet it using green and white or red and green. Also, try sewing small snowflakes.
Abbreviations & Stitch Guides
To understand all the stitches used in these crochet Christmas scrunchies and hair ties, follow through with these quick crochet guides:
- ch (chain): Yarn over and pull through the loop on your hook.
- sc (single crochet): Insert hook into stitch, yarn over, pull up a loop, yarn over again, and pull through both loops on hook.
- dc (double crochet): Yarn over, insert hook into stitch, yarn over, pull up a loop, yarn over, pull through two loops, yarn over, pull through last two loops.
- hdc (half double crochet): Yarn over, insert hook into stitch, yarn over, pull up a loop, yarn over, and pull through all three loops on hook.
- sl st (slip stitch): Insert hook into stitch, yarn over, and pull through both the stitch and the loop on your hook.
