Patterns

Knit Rabbit Ears

Materials:

4.5 mm needles

1 ball Oren Bayan Atlantis worsted weight yarn (outer ear)

1 ball Alize Superlana Klasik worsted weight yarn (inner ear)

Yarn needle

 Outer Ear

Cast on 10 stitches. 

Knit 4 rows in Stockinette stitch

INCREASES

Row 1 : K1, kfb, k to last 2 sts, kfb, k1

Row 2 - 4 : Purl

Row 3 : Knit

Repeat last 4 rows 3 more times.  (18 sts)

Knit 8 rows in stockinette stitch.

DECREASES

Row 1: K1, ssk, k to last 3 sts, k2tog, k1

Rows 2 and 4: Purl

Row 3 : Knit

Repeat last 4 rows until 4 sts remain.

Don't bind off.  Work the next row with the new color.

Inner Ear

On the next row, K1, ssk, k1.

Work 3 rows in stockinette stitch.  

On the next row, k1, kfb, k1.  

Knit 3 more rows in stockinette.

Next row, k1, kfb, kfb, k1. 

Knit 3 more rows in stockinette.

For the remaining increases

Row 1: K1, kfb, k to last 2 sts, kfb, k1

Row 2 and 4: Purl

Row 3: Knit

Repeat last 4 rows until there are 18 sts on needle.

Decreases

Row 1: K1, ssk, k to last 3 st, k2tog, k1

Rows 2 and 4: purl

Row 3: knit

Repeat last 4 rows until 10 sts remain.  

Bind off with a long tail - long enough to seam both sides.  Seam the sides, starting from the bottom of the ears.  The inner ear may be slightly shorter than the outer, but that's okay because we want to outer ear to curl in just a bit.  Simply line up the bottom edges and seam the side until you get to the peak.  You may have to do some tweaking here to make up for an extra space or two on the outer ear.  Thread your needle through the last space and bring it through to the other side of the ear.  Now seam down to the bottom edge.

If you like, you can close up the bottom edge, or leave it open before you seam it to whatever you have waiting for it.