Baby Pacifier Clip

Hi, I'm Mary Beth Temple. And in this video, we're going to do a super quick project. That's perfect for a baby shower gift. We're going to make a little clip that holds the pacifier to the child because if you were anything like I was, when I had a little infant at home, I never knew where that pacifier went. So you're going to need a clip that clips onto your clothing.

I believe they're called suspender clips, but you can find them at the big box craft store and I'm using a crochet hook size 3.75 millimeter or us F and I'm using worsted weight cotton yarn. Now, on the one hand, the F hook is a little, uh a little small for a worsted weight. But I, because cotton stretches out so much, I want a nice firm fabric. And also I found the F hook really comfortably goes through the little clasp here that we have. So the first thing I'm going to do is put five single crochets in my clasp and I'm going to crochet over the tail.

I'm gonna have to weave that in later, but that will help keep it tight and sturdy. We don't want a lot of ends two. It's sort of a weird feeling because the we're used to stitching into fabric that has some flexibility and the clasp definitely does not. So that's two, three, four, five. I'm gonna chain one and turn single crochet in each stitch across and do that again for row three.

So row two and row three is single crochet in each single crochet across chain one turn at the end of row two and you can either chain or turn at the end of row three or you can make a standing double, which is how I like to do it and I'll show you how to do that. So there's my second row one, two, three, four, five moving on. I'm just going to alternate double crochet rows with mesh rows and I'm going to start with the mesh row. So let's take a closer look at that standing double that I like to do. Now, there are a bunch of different ways to do it.

This is just the way I like to do it. And remember you can always chain four and turn for a mesh row. But I'm extending my loop to about the height of my double crochet. I'm bringing my hook behind that loop yarn over and pull that loop. So now I have two on my hook.

I'm going to insert my hook in the stitch yarn over and drop my loop I have three loops on my hook, 123. I'm going to finish my double yarn over, draw through two. You're an over, draw through too. And I put that right in the very first stitch because I don't have a turning chain. I have to put a real stitch in the first stitch.

Chain. One, skip one, single crochet, double crochet in the next single crochet and do it again. Chain one, skip one, single crochet, double crochet in the next single crochet. So there is my mesh row. Now, you can either chain three or do that standing double again.

You know which one I'm gonna do. And we're going to double crochet in each stitch and chain space across. So if you did a chain three in turn, then your first double that you made would be in that chain space. But since I used a standing double in the very first stitch, then my next stitch was in the chain space. So there is my double crochet row.

I'm going to repeat that pattern until I have accomplished 12 double crochet rows. I've ended with a solid row, a row with five double crochets. Now, you can make it a little shorter if you want, you could possibly go a tiny bit longer. But here's the thing you want to make sure with these pacifier holders that you don't make them too long, you don't want them to be able to wrap around baby's neck because that is a choking hazard and we absolutely do not want that to happen. So, if you are concerned about the length shorter is better than longer, let's take a look at the ending to finish.

I'm going to chain one and turn after my last full row of double crochet, I'm going to single crochet in the first stitch, single crochet in the second stitch, single crochet in the third stitch chain 20. You want a nice big loop so you can attach your pacifier once I've completed that chain. 20. Oops, I got a little twisted here. I'm going to go back to that third, double crochet and slip stitch in there.

It already has a single crochet in there and that's where I started my chain 20. That's why I started my big loop. So I'm just going to slip stitch in that same stitch. Now, I have two naked stitches left. I'm going to single crochet in each of the next two, double crochets and then I'm going to end off.

I'm going to cut my yarn, bring it through and weave in that end. So I'm going to weave in this end very firmly. And then I'm going to go back and weave the remaining part of this end back and forth through the single crochet rows. Now, all I have to do to attach my pacifier is bring this nice long loop, bring it through the handle like that. Then I'm going to take my clip and pass it through and pull, pull, pull, pull, pull until it's all the way through.

And now my pacifier is attached. I can clip this to baby's clothes and if the pacifier should come out of baby's mouth, it can't go that far. I hope you had a wonderful time making this cute little gift. Once again, I'm Mary Beth Temple and I'll see you again here real soon.