My sister walked into my room a some time back and handed me an elastic hair band. “Here,” she said, “Figure out how to crochet something around this.”

The first issue I came across was figuring out how to get a base chain on each side of the band. After some thought, I realized that making a base chain using a foundation single crochet would make a great start and provide a good base sc to work into when going around the band. You can also use the same technique to use just about any crochet edging instead of the pattern used here. You can use just about any yarn or thread you like, just be careful that you don’t choose a yarn that is too bulky or you’ll lose the look that a lacy edging gives you.

Yarn: Use any yarn that will give a lacy appearance, including crochet thread. Just adjust the length of the fsc row.

Hook(s): Use the appropriate size hook for the selected yarn.

Notions:

Yarn Needle
Elastic Head Band, such as the Goody Ouchless Thin Elastic Headwraps - make sure you get the round or the thinnest flat one you can find

Gauge: Gauge is not important for this project. Increase or decrease in groups of 5 fsc.

Skill Level: Easy

Notes:

Using a different edging pattern:

You can use just about any crochet edging pattern to make your own headband as long as the edging has a base chain row. You then have two options:

1. Make the base ch then crochet around the band as shown in round 2, side 1 making sure you insert the hk into the back lp only of the base ch.

2. Instead of making the base ch, make an fsc base ch and crochet around the band as shown in round 2, side 1.

Please note that the base ch needs to be long enough so you cover all but 2”-4” of the unstretched elastic band, depending on how much of the band you want to cover. It might be helpful to measure across the top of your head from ear tip to ear tip and just make sure the base fsc is close to that measurement.

Stitches Used:

Chain (ch)
Slip Stitch (sl st)
Single Crochet (sc)
Foundation Single Crochet (fsc)
Double Crochet (dc)