Mistress Mary...

 

These crochet bobby pins or hair slides are really sweet, very quick to make, and not at all exspensive with materials. I think I’ll have a whole garden of these blooming pretty soon.

Mistress Mary, Quite contrary,
How does your garden grow?
With Silver Bells, And Cockle Shells,
And so my garden grows.

-Nursery rhyme

 

Crocheted Flower Hair Slides

 

Materials:

 

1.5mm Crochet hook

DMC Pearl cotton of colour choice

Small buttons

Bobby pins ( Hair slide)

Glue

Tapestry needle

 

(British English crochet stitches given)

 

 

Method: 

 

Step 1: 5 chain and slip stitch into first chain to form a ring.

Step 2: work 7 double crochet into the ring, join with a slip stitch.

Step 3: work 5 chain, slip stitch to join in next double crochet stitch to form first petal. Continue around until you have 8 petals, slip stitch to join and fasten off keeping a long end.

Step 4: Thread the long left over yarn end and using a tapestry needle secure a small button to the flower centre. Sew the flower onto the end of the bobby pin. You can use a spot of glue to make sure the flower does not move around as well.

Chart for translating crochet patterns:

 

British English-------------------------USA-American English

 

double crochet----------------------------single crochet (sc)

half treble (htr)----------------------------half double crochet (hdc)

treble(tr)-----------------------------------double crochet(dc)

double treble (dtr)------------------------treble (tr)

triple treble (trtr)-------------------------double treble (dtr)

miss----------------------------------------skip

tension-------------------------------------gauge

yarn over hook (yoh)--------------------yarn over (yo)

 

I hope everyone is having a good day or evening wherever they are