Shrek Ear Baby Beanie

Excuse the bad photo - it was a quick one taken on my iPhone.

I've been on a crocheting streak lately, and I thought I'd start a blog sharing pictures of what I made!

And so here we are.

I googled baby beanie ideas and saw that a number of people had attempted Shrek ears. It's a great idea, and is instantly recognizable by anyone who's seen (or not, people who don't know the reference must be living under a rock, surely) Dreamwork's Shrek. The four hit movies are full of puns and parodies, and it's a great laugh. For those who don't know the reference:

Image taken from Free Extras

For the Beanie: Feel free to use your own beanie pattern - this is just the one that I've used.

I made first made a strip about an inch an a half wide. (9 dc stitches wide)

Make sure that this can go around the baby's head. (38 rows long)

Then join the two ends of the strip together, to get something like a headband.

I then did a single crochet perpendicular to the previous stitches (beginning the beanie portion), evenly spaced around the band.

Round 1: I ended up with 77 stitches in total. If you're making a larger beanie, just adjust the proportion. (77)

Round 2: *dc for first 9 stitches, then decrease over the next two*. Repeat ** till the end of the row, then join to the first dc using a slip stitch. (70)

Round 3: *dc for the first 8 stitches, then decrease over the next two*. Repeat ** till the end of the row, then join to the first dc using a slip stitch (63)

Round 4: *dc for the first 7 stitches, then decrease over the next two*. Repeat ** till the end of the row, then join to the first dc using a slip stitch (56)

Round 5: *dc for the first 6 stitches, then decrease over the next two*. Repeat ** till the end of the row, then join to the first dc using a slip stitch (49)

Round 6: *dc for the first 5 stitches, then decrease over the next two*. Repeat ** till the end of the row, then join to the first dc using a slip stitch (42)

Round 7: *dc for the first 4 stitches, then decrease over the next two*. Repeat ** till the end of the row, then join to the first dc using a slip stitch (35)

Round 8: *dc for the first 6 stitches, then decrease over the next two*. Repeat ** till the end of the row, then join to the first dc using a slip stitch (28)

Round 9: *hdc for the first 6 stitches, then decrease over the next two*. Repeat ** till the end of the row, then join to the first hdc using a slip stitch (21)

Round 10: *sc for the first 6 stitches, then decrease over the next two*. Repeat ** till the end of the row, then join to the first sc using a slip stitch (14)

Round 11-: Keep decreasing over every two stitches using sc till the top of the beanie is completely closed.

For the ears:

Row 1: ch 8 and turn

Row 2: sc second ch from hook and continue till end of row

Row 3: touch both ends together and sc onto the first stitch of the row, creating a spiral. sc in each till the end of the row.

Row 4 - Row 9: sc in each stitch

Row 10: sc in first stitch, hdc in next, three dc in next, hdc in next, slip stitch in rest.

Row 11: 2 sc in first stitch, 2 hdc in next, 2 dc in next, 2 dc in next, 2 dc in next, 2 hdc in next, 2 sc in next, slip stitch till the end of the row and finish off.

Make two ears. then position on beanie and sew on!

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It's really quite simple, although I do apologise for the vague-at-times instructions. Since I did it by 'feel', it's a little difficult to pin down exact counts.

It's also my first time writing instructions, so fingers crossed!

Please feel free to leave a comment should you have any questions, and I'll try to answer them.