I wanted to make a bow clip for my 6 year old niece as a gift for braiding with hair extensions for the first time.
The materials I used were:
- 50g blue yarn
- a pair of scissors
- 1.60mm hook
- sewing needle(improvising)
- hair clip
- Pearls
I started by making a chain twice the length of the hair clip which felt like a mistake. I made two chains at the end and worked backwards to the other end of the chain using double crochets.I then did another row of double crochets making a total of 2 double crochet rows.Looking at it, it looked okay so i just joined the ends together using a slip stitch.
Here,I felt my eyes were deceiving me as it didn’t really look so nice as I wanted to so I untied it and added another row of double crochets.I now cut a piece of yarn and tied the middle.
At this point, everything looked okay for me so I started a new chain just like how I did in the beginning but this time, at the beginning of the second row,I increased by putting two double crochets in the first and last stitches.I repeated the same for the third row too.Just like the first part, I tied this one too at the middle.I now put the two together and tied them together to form the bow.
At this point,it didn’t look too nice or let me say as I expected but I felt maybe the result would look better.I now added the pearls to the bow using the sewing needle and then attached the clip to the back of the bow.
The result
Throughout this project I wasnt even excited.On a normal crochet day, I would be excited and very hyped to finish just so I can see the result but today was different.Anyway I think it doesnt look nice even after trying it on and I’m still figuring out why.We know children don’t lie so I know if it’s really isn’t nice my niece would definitely call me out on it.Today was a bad crochet day and I’m definitely not going to try any of these mini crochet projects again.Thank you for your time and I would like to know if you’ve ever experienced bad needlework days.
