Fuzzy Creature Ear Flap Hat

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This pattern is for a very special little girl born this year. It is an over-sized style for those cutesy photo shoots, and the baby can wear it long after that because the loose stitch makes it pretty stretchy. I used a basic hat pattern and changed the ear flaps by decreasing more gradually for a longer, more dramatic look. I prefer this to the cords and pom poms we normally see on these hats. 

Supplies:
Lion Brand Fun Fur
Worsted yarn to match Fun Fur
Worsted yarn in Accent Color
Needle to obtain gauge (somewhere around an I).

Pattern:
Hat (in Main Color):
Begin with a magic ring, chain 2, DC 10 in magic ring, join to first DC.
Round 2: Ch 2, 2 DC in each around, join.
Round 3: Ch 2, 2 DC in first stitch, DC in next, around, join
Round 4: Ch 2, 2 DC in first stitch, DC in next two, join. 
Round 5-8: DC in each stitch around, join, ch 2 (36 DC)do not fasten off, start on ear flap


Ear flaps (in MC): 
Row 1: Chain one, SC 10 stitches, turn.
Even rows (wrong side): Ch 1. SC decrease in the first two stitches, SC across. Turn. 
Odd rows (right side): SC across all sts. 
Row 15: SC across, bind off

Border (in Accent Color):
Single crochet evenly and loosely around entire edge. For the same look as my project, SC a second row in back loop of stitch. Bind off. 
Make pom poms to match. 



For decoration: add eyes, noses, ears, horns, and a tag... whatever you choose to make the creation uniquely yours!

For the eye pattern I based mine off of Angela Armstrong's Eye-Eye Amigurumi Eye Pattern. (You will need a Ravelry account to see this database of knit and crochet awesomeness.) 

This pattern is for personal use. You may sell items made from this pattern but do not sell this pattern as your own. As always, please give credit where credit is due! 

Stay crafty, my friends.  

Kaitlin