“Fluffy Ears” Headband

Materials:

– Yarnart  Dolce 100 gr /120 m

– Yarnart  Begonia 50 gr /167 m

– Alize furlana 100 gr /40 m

– 1,5 mm and 5mm crochet hooks

– a sewing needle, a pair of scissors, a headband, a piece of plastic 12cm x 17cm, a piece of felt 13cm x 15cm, optional - a velvety ribbon approx. 55cm long

Abbreviations:

ch – chain

sc – single crochet

inc – increase

Inner Part

Work with Yarnart  Dolce and 5mm crochet hook (make 2)

Ch 7.

1. Starting from 2nd ch from hook, work 5 sc, 3 sc in 1, 5 sc, 3 sc in 1 = 16 sc

2. 5 sc, 3 inc, 5 sc, 3 inc = 22 sc

3. 5 sc, (1 inc, 1 sc) х 3, 5 sc, (1 inc, 1 sc) х 3 = 28 sc

4. 5 sc, (1 inc, 2 sc) х 3, 5 sc, (1 inc, 2 sc) х 3 = 34 sc

Outer Part

Work with fluffy yarn and 1,2mm crochet hook (make 2)

I will show you one of the techniques how to crochet with fluffy yarn. You will need to use cotton yarn of similar colour.

Work with cotton yarn alone (Yarnart  Begonia)

Ch 9.

1. Starting from 2nd ch from hook, work 7 sc, 3 sc in 1, 7 sc, 3 sc in 1 = 20 sc

From Round 2 join in your fluffy yarn (Alize furlana). Work with cotton yarn alone. Fluffy yarn stays behind the work at all times in line with the direction of your crochet. Press it tight with your index finger to keep in place. With cotton yarn hook though the stitch of Round 1 and wrap it around your fluffy yarn, pull it back through the loop and finish your sc off. See the pictures for guidance. Continue all the following scs using this technique. Thus you will get a ‘bald’ part on one side and fluffy on the reverse side.

2. 7 sc, 3 inc, 7 sc, 3 inc = 26 sc

3. 7 sc, (1 inc, 1 sc) х 3, 7 sc, (1 inc, 1 sc) х 3 = 32 sc

4. 7 sc, (1 inc, 2 sc) х 3, 7 sc, (1 inc, 2 sc) х 3 = 38 sc

5. 7 sc, (1 inc, 3 sc) х 3, 7 sc, (1 inc, 3 sc) х 3 = 44 sc

6. 7 sc, (1 inc, 4 sc) х 3, 7 sc, (1 inc, 4 sc) х 3 = 50 sc

7. 7 sc, (1 inc, 5 sc) х 3, 7 sc, (1 inc, 5 sc) х 3 = 56 sc

8. 7 sc, (1 inc, 6 sc) х 3, 7 sc, (1 inc, 6 sc) х 3 = 62 sc

9. 7 sc, (1 inc, 7 sc) х 3, 7 sc, (1 inc, 7 sc) х 3 = 68 sc

10. 7 sc, (1 inc, 8 sc) х 3, 7 sc, (1 inc, 8 sc) х 3 = 74 sc

11. 7 sc, (1 inc, 9 sc) х 3, 7 sc, (1 inc, 9 sc) х 3 = 80 sc

This technique allows you to minimize consumption of fluffy yarn and see the loops better.

Bind off. Leave a small piece of thread for further sewing.

Take a piece of plastic and cut out an oval that is slightly smaller in diam than the inner part.

Cut out two ovals from a piece of felt that are slightly larger in diam than the plastic part.

Place the plastic oval inside the two felt ovals and sew the sides together as shown.

Place the felt part inside the fluffy outer part. Cover it with the inner part. Sew the inner and outer part together.

Leave an unsewn gap on the oval top as shown.

Make two holes on each side of the headband as shown. I used a hot needle. Please take precautions not to burn yourself! 

Insert the end of the headband into the oval part through the unworked gap. Sew the headband to the “ear” through the holes. Thus the headband will stay in place.

Sew the gap. Follow the process above for “ear” No. 2.

Bear Ear – optional  (make 2)

1. With Yarnart Dolce and a 5mm crochet hook work 6 sc in a Magic Ring

2. 6 inc  = 12 sc

3. (1inc , 1 sc) х 6 = 18

4. (1inc , 2 sc) х 6 = 24

5, 6 = 24

Fold in half, work 11sc hooking through the loops on both sides. Bind off for Ear 1.

After you’ve made Ear 2 continue as follows:

Ch 9

Attach the last ch to Ear 1, turn, work 9sc along the chain. 

Bind off. Cut the excess yarn tail off.

Make a strip:

Ch 31.

1. Starting from the 2nd ch from hook, crochet 30 sc, ch 1, turn work

2 – 4. 30 sc, ch 1, turn work

Bind off. Leave a small piece of thread for further sewing.

Place the bear ears over the upper part of the headband, wrap the strip around the headband as shown and join the ends with some dressmaking pins. Sew the ends together.

Decorate your headband with a velvet ribbon – optional.

The headband is now complete and the ears are safe and covered and not afraid of bad weather!