FLOWER HAIR CLIPS

A small amount of yarn and a few beads or buttons can be made into a pretty decoration for a hair clip using simple crochet stitches. Any fine yarn, such as 4 ply cotton or tapestry thread, can be used for this project.

Materials

2mm crochet hook 2m of fine yarn Hairgrips Selection of small beads and buttons

Abbreviations

ss slip stitch dc double crochet tr treble crochet ch chain

To make one flower

Base ring: Beginning with a ss, make a 2 chain. Round 1: 10dc into second chain from hook, join with a ss into top of dc at beginning of the round. Round 2: *4ch, miss dc, ss into next dc, repeat from * 4 more times, join with ss into base of first chain. Round 3: *[1dc, 3tr, 1dc] into first ch4 space, repeat from * 4 more times, join with ss into the first dc to close the round, fasten off and weave in the ends. To finish: A button or bead is sewn to the centre of the flower and then the completed flower is stitched on to the top of the hairgrip.