A couple of weeks ago in my Vintage crochet Friday post I mentioned that the pattern included a snood.  Now that I’ve done a bit more investigation into snoods (yes, I know, didn’t I have anything more exciting to do) I realise that snoods are much larger and worn differently than the crocheted hair cover I was referring to.  So I present to you this week the close relative of the snood – the bun or chignon cover.

These were a pretty quick project, being much smaller than a proper snood.  Much of the challenge is figuring out what thickness yarn and what size hook will work best. The one at the front of the photo is way too big, but the others are okay. I used two patterns, crochet chignon cover and irish rose bun cover.  These were for a friend’s daughter, but I whipped up a couple for Clare as well.

The final row is crocheted around a hair elastic, so once hair is wound up into a bun, the cover just pops over it. I found that Clare needed a couple of pins to help hold it into place. I’ve got a photo that includes a proper snood to show you tomorrow.