Make fuzzy, crochet earwarmers to keep you warm this winter.
Keeping the ears warm is hard on a cold winter day. Hats stop right above the ears and scarves can be too bulky when wrapped to cover the ears. Keep your ears warm the simple way. Make a crocheted winter ear warmer. An ear warmer is a band worn around the head like a hair band. The ear warmer goes across the ears, and keeps them warm and toasty--without messing up your hair or getting in your way. Make several in different colors to match all of your outfits.
Instructions
Basic Stitch Instructions
1. Loop the yarn around the tip of your crochet hook, catch the yarn on the side with the ball of yarn and pull it through the loop around the tip.
2. Loop the yarn around the needle tip, and pulling it through the loop that is on the needle. Only one loop will remain on the needle. This is a chain stitch.
3. Slip stitch by sliding the needle tip under the top two strands of yarn in the stitch you are working in, hook the yarn on the needle tip and pull the yarn through. It is similar to a single crochet.
4. Form a treble stitch by wrapping the yarn around the tip of the needle twice. Slide the hook into the stitch you are going into. Make sure you go under the top two pieces of thread. Catch the thread, and pull it through the first two loops. Wrap the yarn around the end of the needle, and pull it through the next two loops on the needle. Then, wrap the thread around the tip of the needle, and pull it through the last two loops.
5. Cast off by pulling cutting the thread 10 inches from the last stitch, and pulling the thread tightly through the last loop. Weave the thread into the existing stitches, so you can't see it.
Making the Crocheted Winter Ear Warmers
6. Chain 43, and measure the chain. It should be 18 inches long. If it is too short, add more chain stitches until it reaches 18 inches. If it is too long, remove stitches until it reaches 18 inches. Slip stitch into the first chain in the row, and then chain two. This creates the shape of the band. This is row one.
7. Make a treble crochet stitch into each chain stitch all the way around the band. Once you get to the end of the row, slip stitch into the first treble crochet. This is row two.
8. Chain two stitches, and treble crochet into each treble crochet from row two. At the end of the row, slip stitch into the first treble crochet on the row. This creates row three. Repeat for the fourth row.
9. Fasten off the end of the yarn. Leave a 10-inch tail, and weave it into the band.
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