Clare’s little school friend Laali has very long, thick, dark hair.  When her mother discovered that I crochet, she mentioned that Laali needed a bun cover for ballet.  A quick search of Ravelry for a pattern, a quick rummage through my yarn stash for some appropriate yarn (Cleckheaton Bamboo) and an hour of time later, it was done!

You’d get a better idea of how it looks on a person than on a ball of yarn, but this was all I had available to photograph.

We tried it on Laali at school the next morning and it’s perfect; it really complements her beautiful hair.  Very satisfying – marrying form and function!