Imogen's Ear Warmers

After Imogen's ear infections I decided she needed something to keep her ears warm.  She won't keep hats on but she seems to be okay with headbands (or so I thought).  So I knitted her up a few headbands.



These were the quickest easiest projects I have ever made.  You literally knit a rectangle.  The orange one I cast on 10 stitches and knit in garter stitch until it was big enough to fit her head.  I then knit another garter stitch rectangle for the bow.  After stitching them together I simply wrapped some yarn around the two to give the bow shape.



The mustard yellow one I did a bit different.  Because the orange one was quite stretchy and Imogen kept pulling on it I decided to make this one in stockinette.  I didn't want the edges to roll but so I did three rows of 2x2 rib on each side.  This time I cast on a heap of stitches to what I thought would be big enough to get around her head.  Then I did 3 rows of rib, 6 rows stockinette and another 3 rows rib and cast off.  Simple!  I then attached a flower I made ages with a pattern I can't seem to find at the moment.  Unfortunately, my thinking was wrong and Imogen keeps pulling these off her head too.  Oh well, at least they are cute for the 5 minutes she wears them!