I’ve been looking and looking for ear warmer patterns. I work in a warehouse. Our office sits inside. This warehouse stores wine and spirits at a cool 55 degrees. We may sit in an office but it does get rather chilly in there. So, I thought some ear warmers would be great. I wanted knit ones and sort of narrow ones. I have found a lot of beautiful patterns but nothing like what I imagined. So…I did something I’ve never done before and designed my own. I think they turned out pretty nice : )
This is the first time I’ve created my own pattern. It’s very easy. Even a novice knitter could do it. So, here is the pattern. It has a lot of possibilities to create your own design.
The Pattern
Cast on 20 stitches.
Row 1: knit
Row 2: k4, p12, k4
Row 3: knit
Repeat rows 2 and 3 until piece is long enough to wrap around your head covering your ears. Mine was approximately 22 inches.
Bind off leaving about a 10 inch tail for sewing seam.
Folding piece with right sides together use tapestry needle and tail to neatly sew seam making a loop.
Leaf pattern
Cast On 5 stitches
Row 1: k2, yo, k1, yo, k2 -7 stitches
Row 2 and all even rows: purl
Row 3: k3, yo, k1, yo, k3 – 9 stitches
Row 5: k4, yo, k1, yo, k5 – 11 stitches
Row 7: ssk, k7, k2tog – 9 stitches
Row 9: ssk, k5, k2tog – 7 stitches
Row 11: ssk, k3, k2tog – 5 stitches
Row 13: ssk, k1, k2tog – 3 stitches
Row 15: slip the first stitch, knit the next two stitches together, and pass the slipped stitch over.
Cut about 10 inches from leaf and pull through remain stitch and pull tight. Use the tail and tapestry needle to attach to loop at desired location. Make as many leaves as you like. Three sounded good to me. But you can add as many as you like. Use a variation of the band color or multi colored leaves.
Stitch abbreviations:
K = knit, P = pearl, yo = yarn over, ssk = slip, slip, knit, k2tog = knit 2 together
The finished product
I’m wishing I had arranged the leaves differently. I may take them off and position them differently. We’ll see. I like it and am a bit proud of myself. People tell me I’m very creative and my response is always “I’m only as creative as the pattern I follow.” Well, maybe I’ll branch out more and create some more patterns.
I hope you’ll try it and give me some feed back. Enjoy! And keep those ears warm.
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