The Elijah Beanie

Hello hello all and welcome to day 24.
Today's beanie is the Elijah ear flap beanie. It features a striped granny stitch and has sweet little ear flaps. You can make it with or without the ties.
The 2 rounds of colour create a zigzag look making it extra cute. This one would look great in any colour!

The Elijah Beanie

Sized To Fit:

28 Weeks Gestation

Measurements:

10cm height from crown to brim

11.5cm from crown to bottom of the earflap

13cm across the brim

You Will Need:

3.75mm
Dk/Light Worsted/8ply yarn in 3 colours.

Key = A - white
           B - light blue
           C - dark blue

1. With A, dc 12 times into a magic ring, join. 

2. Ch3, 2dc in the same stitch, skip 1 stitch, *3dc in the next stitch, skip one stitch*, repeat around, join.

3. With B, slst into the gap between the ch3 clusters, (ch3, 2dc, ch1, 3dc) in the gap, (3dc, ch1, 3dc) in each  remaining gap between the 3dc clusters, join.

4. Slst into the first ch1 gap, ch3, 2dc in the same gap, 3dc in each remaining gap between 3dc clusters and each ch1 space around, join.

5. With C, slst into the next gap between 3dc clusters, ch3, 2dc in the same gap, 3dc in each remaining gap around, join.

6. Repeat round 5

7-8 With A, repeat round 5

9. With B, repeat round 5

10. Slst into the next gap, ch3, 2dc in the same gap, 3dc in the next gap, 3dc in the next gap, turn, ch1, 3dc in the next gap, 3dc in the next gap, ch1, slst to the top of the ch3. End off, one earflap made

11. Count off 4 gaps to the left of the earflap you just made and join yarn with a sl st, ch3, 2dc in the same gap, 3dc in the next gap, 3dc in the next gap, turn, ch1, 3dc in the next gap, 3dc in the next gap, ch1, slst to the top of the ch3. End off, second earflap made

12. With C, Join yarn to the gap in the middle of an earflap, ch2, 2hdc in the same gap, 3hdc in the ch1 gap, hdc once in the same gap as the 3dc cluster from the previous round (view photo below to see location), 3hdc in each gap until you reach the next earflap, hdc once in the same gap as the previous 3dc cluster, 3hdc in the ch1 space, 3hdc in the next gap, 3hdc in the next ch1 space, hdc in the same  space as the 3dc cluster from previous round, 3hdc in each gap until you reach the 1st earflap, hdc in the same gap as the 3dc cluster from the previous round, 3hdc in the ch1 space, join to the starting ch2. End off, weave in all tails.

If desired add ties to the earflaps.

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