Ruffled Thread Scrunchie

by Priscilla Hewitt ©1999

Materials:
Size 10 crochet cotton thread
Crochet hook size 6
One of the larger, thicker pony tail elastics to match the color of the thread
Round 1: Work an even number of sc around the pony tail elastic to cover
generously (I think I worked about 104 sc); join with a sl st to the first sc.
Round 2: Ch 1, sc in the same st as joining, (ch 3, skip next sc, sc in the
next sc) around ending with ch 3, join with a sl st to the beginning sc.
Round 3: Sl st into the first ch 3 loop, ch 4 to count as the first dc and the
first ch 1, (dc, ch 1) 2 times in the same loop; (dc, ch 1) 3 times in each ch
3 loop around; join with a sl st to the third ch of the beginning ch 4.
Round 4: Sl st into the first ch 1 space, ch 1, sc in the same space, (ch 3, sc
in the next ch 1 space) around, ending with ch 3, join with a sl st to the
first sc.
Round 5: Sl st into the first ch 3 loop, ch 1, sc in the same loop, (ch 3, sc in
the next ch 3 loop) around, ending with, ch 3, join with a sl st to the first
sc. Fasten off. weave in ends.