Layered crochet flower hair tie pattern in six rounds

This is a single crochet flower motif, built in six joined rounds and then fixed to an elastic band for a wearable hair tie. The center and first increase round go quickly, and the petal layers bring the shape together fast, so the whole flower is an easy one-sitting make once the hook and yarn are sorted.

The shaping hinges on the petal cluster stitch and the shift to working behind the previous round for the second petal layer. Slow down at the round where the lower petals are built into the unused loops left behind by an earlier round, since picking up the correct loops keeps the two petal layers sitting at different heights for a fuller, more dimensional bloom.

The flower is worked from the center outward in joined rounds, giving it a dimensional look similar to the handmade accessories often seen in soft pink and sunny yellow color palettes, though cotton or soft acrylic yarn works well in any color combination. The turning chain does not count as a stitch, and slip stitches are used only for joining rounds, never counted toward stitch totals.

1. Start with a magic ring in the center color to form a tight, closed core for the flower.
2. Increase evenly around that core so the ring opens into a flat circular base.
3. Skip and stitch around the circle to place a petal cluster stitch in a set rhythm, forming the first visible row of petals.
4. Drop behind that first petal round and work into the loops left unused from an earlier round to build a second, lower petal layer.
5. Finish the last round, then attach the completed flower motif to the elastic hair tie.