Your bun covers are so pretty!  I have problems wearing bun covers, too.  They always seem to make my bun look like a polyp.  What has worked for me is to make a two part bun--part hair from ear to ear, then make a bun of the top part, secure, and wrap the bottom part around it and secure--and put the bun cover on the inner bun, adding some hairpins if needed.  Then I twist up the bottom hair and wrap it around, adding pins, hair sticks, etc.  It looks a bit funny, but I like it, and it looks more like a hairstyle and less like something you'd consult the doctor about.  (the outer coil camouflages any polyp-like tendencies )

The really nice thing about this style is you can make a smaller bun cover.  Smaller bun cover=less time to make one=more bun covers.   

Nice cover, Khrome! 

I don't think this will help at all, but when I used to take ballet, I would secure my bun with bobby pins and then put on the bun cover. The bun cover had a built in elastic so I didn't have to worry about it flying off during a turn.

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Bobby pins tended to poke out of my hair, too, but they were easier for me to use than the hair pins that look like an open V. I couldn't figure out how to get them in without them falling out of my bun. Actually, I think everyone in my class had problems with bobby pins, but we never knew what would work better. 

On the Crochet Guild of America website they say Lily Chin is the world's fastest crocheter--86 double crochets in 3 minutes.  Makes my arm ache just to think about it.

Yay buncovers.  I'm working on one now that looks like an eyeball.  It's technically for Halloween but I'm wearing it as soon as it's done.     I'll embroider the veins on it.   8)

Aaah yes - it was Lily Chin on the show!  I recognize her face.  Here's a little blurb about how she created the "Freedom Poncho pattern" based on Martha's poncho (made by a fellow inmate).

http://www.craftyarncouncil.com/

Yup, Moonchild, she's back on the air.  With a different format.  It's now talk-show format, and she's more interactive and up-beat with the audience.

Gabi, Cybil can't take twigs from her front lawn and sell them as ornaments for $10 at K-Mart.  

ACV Today

I goofed a few days ago and did it before the shampoo.  My hair has been crispier since then.  It's drying now, and seems to have gone back to "normal".

New Sticks

Some new sticks came the other day, made by Fox from Long Hair Loom/Sticks and Stones.  They are called "Pink Flowers" but is a custom version - I asked for silver leaves (which she didn't have at the time, but kindly got some for me) with choice of sticks.  They are so cute - the leaves are adjustable.  Pics and details are in my gallery on these two pages:

http://www.loopfree.net/gallery/album82/abn
http://www.loopfree.net/gallery/album82/abr

Cynde

Oh, I love your bun covers!!  So pretty! 

I agree with Moonchild, Khrome...start selling your bun covers...I'll be first in line.  I can't crochet worth a darn.  No patience at all.

Yes, I really think so Khrome.   I would definitely buy a couple.  I own a couple from a member of LHC a long while back and I love how they look.

Have fun!

Getting "to the root" of it all

I was talking to my mom today and told her that I was crocheting bun covers.  She thought that was a neat idea, and suggested I make some for my related Long-Hairs for Christmas.  Then she cracked a joke about making a little hat for my aunt who was getting a bald spot.  That sent me into a slight panic - "Are you balding?  Did grandma bald? Am I going to bald??"  But she said she is not - but she is thinning.  All the ladies from her side of the family are.  Apparently, I got my thickness from my dad's side.  I got my straightness from her side

Then, she also told me my grandma had classic length hair!!  And so did my eldest aunt - she didn't cut it until right before she died because the doctor was convinced all the vitamins were going into her hair, and not her body.    Anyway, I never knew they had long hair because the few pics I've seen of them, they wore buns which was the norm in the Philippines.  I anxiously asked my mom how my grandma did her bun, but she doesn't remember since she was pretty young when my grandma died.  But she thinks it's pretty much the same style "as she sees today".

On a sort of related note, I told her I was looking for a traditional Philippino dress.  I kind of want it just to have, and would like to get a "nice" picture taken in it.  But the few places I've found on the 'net that custom make them are IMO pretty expensive.  She's going to the Philippines next year, so she's just going to have one made. 

This is a picture of my grandma with the traditional dress on, called a Mestiza dress or Maria Clara.  I would like one that looks like this, with the darker lace overlay.  For some reason I think the lace was red.

http://www.loopfree.net/albums/album33/aag.jpg

Can you believe my grandma had 13 kids??  That is her third child on her lap, and my grandpa behind her.

Cynde