I made the body of the bow with the 8ply held double and using the 6.00mm hook to give the bow some ‘body’ to stand up on it’s own.

The ‘dots’ I made using the 2.5mm hook.
Whole dots; 6sc in a magic ring, join with a sl st.
Hlaf dots; 4sc in a magic ring, pull up but don’t join. :)

This is THE BEST shaped crochet bow pattern that I have found to date! :D