Crochet Crocheted ear flap hat and sweater for Little Fee

Elise sweater and earflap hat by willow_78109 (sweetiemom), on Flickr

Crocheted cap for 6-7 head (with optional earflaps)

Sock yarn, or any lightweight sports yarn, or one strand of Bernat baby fingering yarn and one strand of Peachfuzz yarn.
Size E Crochet hook (3.50 mm)
D hook for Little Fee

Row 1: ch 5, join, ch 2, work 10 hdc in ring, join with sl st to top of ch 2, ch 2, slip a thread marker around
the hook
Row 2: 2 hdc in ea st around (20 sts), join as before, ch 2, move marker up
Row 3: * hdc in first st, 2 hdc in next st*, repeat from * to * around (30 sts) join as before, ch 2, move
marker up
Row 4: *hdc in first 2 sts, 2 hdc in next st*, repeat from * to * around (40 sts) join as before, ch 2, move
marker up
Rows 5-9: (Or to desired length) work even on 40 sts, moving marker up at beginning of each round . At end of row 9, do not ch 2 end off.
For ear flap hat, at the end of row 9 , do not end off.
Ear flaps:
Row 1: ch2, hdc in next 7 sts. ch 1, turn
Row 2: sc dec in first two sts, hdc in next 3 sts, sc dec over last 2 sts, ch 1, turn.
Row 3: sc dec over first two sts, hdc in next st, sc dec ocer last 2 sts, ch1, turn
Row4: hdc in ea st across (3 sts)
skip 13 sts on hat, and make another earflap as the first. At end of 2nd earflap, do not end off, but turn and sc around entire hat, working 4 sc up and down sides of earflaps.
Run in thread ends,
Make two ties from 3 strands of yarn braided and affixed to bottom of earflap.


Sweater
Size D crochet hook
Baby weight yarn (I used Caron Cuddlesoft)
Note: sc in first st on ea row, do not chain 1 at end of row.
Row 1: ch 26 , sc in each st across, turn
Row 2: sc in first st, *2 sc in next st, sc in next st*, repeat from * to * across, ending with 1 sc in ea of last 2 sts.
(38 sc) turn
Row 3: sc in ea st across (38 sc) turn
Row 4: sc in first 2 sc, 2 sc in next sc, *sc in ea of next 2 sc, 2 sc in next st*, repeat from *to * across, end sc in last
2 sc, (50sts), turn
Row 5-6: sc in ea st across (50 sts) turn
Row 7: sc in first 7 sts, ch 4, skip 10 sc, sc in next 16 sts, ch 4, skip 10 sts, sc in last 7 sts (38 sts) turn
Row 8: sc in ea st and ea ch across (38 sc) turn
Rows 9-18: work even on 38 sts.
Body should measure about 6 ¾” wide and 2 3/4” long from back of neck to lower edge
Next row: on front, sc up front of sweater, 3 sc in corner st, sc across 26 neck sts, 3 sc in corner st, sc down front, 3
sc in corner st, and sc across bottom of sweater. Join and end off
OR work another row of sc around outside of sweater as above, but make 4 buttonholes on left front evenly spaced.
Then place another row of sc around sweater and end off. Sew small buttons to right front opposite buttonhole
To make buttonholes, just make a ch 1 sp, then on the following row sc in the space.
or to make a pullover look , sew snaps evenly down the front and wear the sweater backwards.

Sleeves:
Round 1: From back side of sweater, attach yarn between second and third st of underarm, ch1, slip a marker on the hook, sc in ea of last two sts of underarm, 2 sc around bar of last st of row 7 of sweater, sc in 10 shoulder sts, 2 sc around bar of first st of row 7, sc in first two sts of underarm (16 sc) join to first st, turn. Move marker up.
Round 2-4: work even on 16 sts, join and turn-move marker up.
Round 5: work even to last 2 sts, decrease 1 st, join and turn. (15 sc) move marker up.
Round 6-8: work even on 15 sts
Round 9: work even to last 2 sts, decrease 1 st, join and turn.(14 sc) move marker up
Round 10-12: work even on 14 sts
Round 13: work even to last 2 sts, decrease 1 st, join and turn.(13 sc) move marker up
Rounds 14-17: work even on 13 sc, joining and turning each row. End off run in thread ends. Repeat for second sleeve.