This scrunchie is a quick, fun knit and is a great way to practice knitting in the round and to learn new techniques like the provisional cast on and grafting or the three-needle bind off. Using DK weight yarn or fingering weight held double, it’s a great stash-busting project to use up leftover sock yarn or mini skeins. This pattern is great for adventurous beginner knitters who want to learn a few new techniques. It involves knitting in the round, and includes video tutorials to help you learn the provisional cast on and grafting, as well as photos showing how to attach the hair elastic to the knit scrunchie.

Skill Level: Advanced Beginner

 
Yarn

• Any DK weight yarn or fingering weight yarn held double.
• Samples: Juliette Pécaut Designs Merino Fingering (100% merino wool; fingering weight; 437yds / 100g). Two colors held double. 10g or 44yds (40m) of each color used

 
Needles

• US 6 (4mm) 16” (40cm) circular needles, or size to obtain gauge
• An extra 16” (40cm) circular needle of the same size or smaller, for finishing

 
Notions

• Yarn needle
• Stitch marker (1)
• Hair elastic
• For decorative seam version: An extra needle of the same size as the main needle, straight or circular
• For seamless version: scrap yarn for provisional CO
• For seamless version: crochet hook for provisional CO

 
Gauge
* 22 sts and 28 rounds = 4” (10cm) in Stockinette stitch in the round

 
Finished Measurements

• 1.5” (3.75cm) wide
• 16” (40cm) circumference “unscrunched”. The finished scrunchie circumference will depend on the size of the hair elastic.

 
Pattern Notes
This scrunchie is knit in the round to create a seamless piece of fabric that is then seamed together around the hair elastic. One version uses grafting for a “seamless” finish, the other uses a three-needle bind off for a decorative seam.