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A little background on this pacifier clip: I always wanted my children to have a pacifier. I know this is a little controversial, but we popped one in our babies mouth on day 1. I was a pacifier kid. My husband was a pacifier kid. My children's COUSINS are pacifier kids, so naturally my first born would take a pacifier...
WRONG! Children like to teach you things the moment they're born, and mine taught me VERY quickly that he was his own person making his own choices.
We tried everything for 6 months to get him to take one. I can't TELL you how many pacifiers I tried. Na-da, no work, sorry pal.
Fast forward to having my daughter, and BOOM! DAY ONE success!. We tried a couple different ones to make sure she would still take it while she slept and we settled on Avent Ultra air Pacifiers. I wanted to make up a couple clips so that we didn't lose these EXPENSIVE pacifiers, and I came up with this!
THE JOYFUL PACIFIER CLIP
Materials:
5-10 yards of Cotton Yarn- I find that using cotton washes better, and let me tell you... she spit up on her first clip the moment I put it on her.
1 suspender clip- I buy mine at Hobby Lobby in the sewing section, but you can find them on amazon in bulk.
Size 5.5 G Hook- I used my hook from Speckled Clay Boutique
Stitches:
All stitches are in US terms
I primarily use the lemon peel stitch in the pattern (Sc,Dc), but I also use chains and single crochet.
Pattern:
With the bar of the clip in one hand, SC around the bar 5 times.
Row 1: Dc, Sc, Dc, Sc, turn
Row 2: Ch 1, Dc, Sc, Dc, Sc
Repeat Row 2 until you reach a length you like. For my little 2 month old, 8" was just perfect. Older kids may need a longer leash lol. Leave a 10” tail to make the loop at the bottom to attach the pacifier.
if you use the soothie pacifiers like the ones in most hospitals, just take a sharp set of scissors and poke a hole through the tab. Then cut around that hole to make it big enough to thread the loop through.
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