How to Make a Crochet Pokemon Go Hair Clip – New Free Pattern!

Are you playing Pokemon Go?  I LOVE it!  When I first started playing I had an idea — I needed a crochet Pokemon Go hair clip to warn everyone around me not to step on the nearby monsters I was trying to catch!  And also to explain what I was doing wandering around the neighborhood while staring at my phone, in case the neighbors weren’t up on the new game yet.  😉

Would you like one, too?  I played around a little bit and came up with a quick pattern, which I am happy to share!

(P.S.  I’m compiling a list of the best crochet Pokemon patterns and will be posting that early next week…but there are some gaping holes in the list of first generation Pokemon – it doesn’t look like there are patterns for a bunch of them!  If you have a free pattern for a Pokemon and would like to be included in my roundup post, please send me your link or drop it in the comments.)

Materials Needed:

• Red, white, and black worsted weight yarn (I used I Love This Yarn! from Hobby Lobby, which is the absolute best for this sort of thing!)
• Black felt
• Black embroidery floss
• A barrette or hair clip (I used Scunci clips)
• About 30 minutes

How to Crochet Pokemon Go Hair Clip:

• First you’ll make two semicircles (one red, one white):
  • Ch 2
  • DC 8 into second ch from hook
  • SC 1, turn, {SC, inc.} across
  • Bind off and weave in ends
• Next you’ll add the point for the map pin:
  • Sl st white yarn to 5^th SC on the curved part of the semicircle
  • Ch 5, turn
  • Sl st into the second ch from hook, then SC, HDC, DC
  • Sl st into the 2^nd SC from where you first joined the yarn
  • Bind off, stitch the DC to the stitch between the two places the yarn was sl st to the semicircle, and weave in ends
• Next you’ll make the white circle for the center of the Pokeball:
  • Make a magic loop, and SC 6 into ML
  • Join black yarn, and {sl st, inc} around
  • Bind off and weave in ends
• Then we join everything together!
  • With black yarn, SC the white and red semicircles together along the straight edges, and then SC evenly around the outside edges
  • Using embroidery floss, stitch the white circle to the center of the Pokeball
  • Cut out a piece of black felt for the backing, and stitch the barrette to the felt using embroidery floss
  • Use embroidery floss to attach the crochet to the felt
• Finally, wear it while hunting for Pokemon!

I hope you like this pattern and catch all of the Pokemon!

Tell me who your favorite Pokemon is!  Who is the best one you’ve caught so far? 

I’m compiling a list of the best crochet Pokemon patterns and will be posting that early next week…but there are some gaping holes in the list of first generation Pokemon – it doesn’t look like there are patterns for a bunch of them!  If you have a free pattern for a Pokemon and would like to be included in my roundup post, please send me your link or drop it in the comments.

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