Use for an old sock

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It’s sometimes surprising the things that can be found on YouTube. Little One, who has reasonably long hair, wanted me to put it into a bun for her. Well I’m not the greatest hair-dresser, and I have never really tried to make a bun for myself. I had never even realised that those people you see with a perfect bun (Olympic gymnasts and ballet dancers, for example) probably don’t actually have that much hair in real life and use some sort of former. I tried different approaches with her hair, putting it into a ponytail or a plait first, then coiling it around, but it never stayed in place properly for very long no matter how many hairpins I used. Next I tried using a purchased ‘bun maker’ that looked like a ready-made bun of fake hair, but that was too heavy so it tended to slip and wobble about, and the fake 'hair' would show through and wasn’t a perfect colour match. Finally I thought of looking for tips on YouTube, and I found some videos that showed how to easily make a bun using the top of an old sock. I was sceptical, but figured I may as well try. I didn’t have any suitably-coloured old socks, but I did have a worn out knitted glove in a pale beige sort of colour, so I cut the cuff part off that and tried it. To my surprise it really does work like a charm! Each time I do it I can’t really believe that it’s going to work this time–it always begins as a messy lump with strands sticking out everywhere–but it does! The result looks really good, it doesn’t flop or slip, it doesn’t need too many pins, and it stays in place all through the school day even with running about at play times. Who would have thought it? All rights reserved. © Text and image copyright Fleur 2022.