CONSTRUCTION OF THE DESIGN
The scrunchie is worked seamlessly in the round using two colours in alternating stripe sequences. You work in simple Stockinette Stitch changing colours at regular intervals to form even stripes.

Once the stripe pattern has been repeated to the desired length, the work is bound off and turned to the wrong side. The piece is then finished by inserting a hair tie through the centre opening and hand sewing the cast-on and bind-off edges together to enclose it.

This design offers a fun and quick project to use up leftover yarns and experiment with different colour combinations or stripe widths.

SIZE
One size

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Width: 5 cm / 2”.

MATERIALS
Yarn:
MC: 1 ball of Japan Wool by Daruma (100% Japanese wool, 104 m / 113 yds per 25 g) in the colourway Raisin and 1 ball of Edith by Novita (70% mohair, 30% silk, 225 m / 246 yds per 25 g) in the colourway Autuus.

CC: 1 ball of Luxury Soft Merino by Kaos Yarn (100% Fine Merino, 225 m / 246 yds per 50 g) in the colourway Optimistic and 1 ball of Halo Brushed Alpaca by Kaos Yarn (55% Baby Alpaca, 45% Suri
Alpaca, 225 m / 246 yds per 50 g) in the colourway Optimistic.

Or 52 m / 57 yds of fingering-weight yarn and 52 m / 57 yds of lace-weight yarn of both MC and CC.

Yarn alternatives: Knitting For Olive Merino and Soft Silk Mohair, Biches & Bûches Le Petite Lambswool and Le Petit silk Mohair, Sandnes Garn Sunday and Tynn Silk Mohair.

Needles: 3.5 mm / US 4 circular needles with cable length of 40 cm / 16”.

Notions: A stitch marker and a tapestry needle.

GAUGE
10 cm x 10 cm / 4” x 4” = 24 sts x 32 rnds on 3.5 mm / US 4 needles of Stockinette Stitch knitted in the round, after blocking.