With the warm weather we have been having, my daughter wanted some summer themed hair ties. We decided to start with a crochet flamingo hair tie. The flamingo is one of her favorite birds, and perfect for summer. She loved the bright pink color and told me that it turned out perfect!
This project is pretty simple and doesn’t take much yarn. The body of the flamingo is made by stitching along both sides of the starting chain, then slip stitching together.
Flamingo Hair Tie
Materials: 5.0 mm crochet hook
Bright Pink yarn
Light Pink Yarn
Black yarn
Hair elastic
Body
Chain 9 to start
Row 1: sc in first two chains, hdc in next chain, dc in next 2 chains, hdc in next chain, sc in last 2 chains, ch 4, sl st in third and fourth chain
Row 2: (working on opposite side of starting chain) sc in first 2 chains, hdc in next chain, dc in next 2 chains, hdc in next chain, sc in last two chains, sl st to first sc
Row 3: ch 8, 2 hdc in third chain, sl st in last 5 chains, sl st to first sc and fasten off
Legs (make 2)
Attach light pink yarn to the bottom of the body and ch 8, 2 sc in first chain, fasten off
Bend one leg over the other and sew them together.
Beak
Attach black yarn to the front of the head
Row 1: 2 sc in the stitch where yarn was attached, ch 1, turn and sc in sc, fasten off
Tie the flamingo to a hair tie.
Your crochet flamingo hair tie is finished. We were very happy with how this one turned out, and my daughter is sure her friends are going to love seeing it at school.
If you like this you might also like my Crochet Ladybug Hair Tie. This is another hair tie that is perfect for summer!
