Frog Beenie

For the beginning of the beanie, I used Janet's wonderful pattern.

However, after doing that once, I got incredibly bored. It looks absolutely wonderful, but if you're not too picky, I changed it up a bit. This just makes it go a lot faster.

Hat: With green, ch3 and join to form a circle.

Round 1: Ch 2, 10 hdc in the main hole.

Round 2: Ch2, hdc in same space. 2hdc in each of the next stiches.

Round 3: Ch2, hdc in the same st. *1hdc in next st and 2hdc in next st. Repeat * around. And join with a sl st.

Round 4: Ch2, hdc in same st. *1hdc in next 2 sts. 2hdc in next st. Repeat * around.

Round 5-7: Same as Rnd4, except increase the 1hdc by one st.

Round 8-9: hdc in each of the sts around.

Earflaps:

Round 1: ch1, turn 11hdc. ch1, turn.

Round 2: Skip the first st. 8 hdc, skip one st, hdc in next (last) st. Ch1 turn.

Round 3: Same as Rnd2, except change the 8hdc to a 6hdc.

Round 4: Same as Rnd2, except change the 8hdc to a 4hdc.

Round 5: Same as Rnd2, except change the 8hdc to a 2hdc. Tie Off.

Repeat on other side, just count your stitches to make sure that the earflaps are even. All you have to do is count the number of stitches around, subtract 22, then divide by 2. That's the distance (in sts) from one earflap to the other.

Like Janet, I used a darker green to outline the hat and made braids for the earflaps. Her way is very easy and I really liked how it turned out.

For the eyes, I used a different approach than Janet, although, if you do it her way, let me know how it turns out! I've been debating for a while now.

Eyes: With green, Ch3 and join to form a circle.

Round 1: Ch2, 10hdc in the main hole. Sl st into 2nd of the ch2 in the beginning of this round.

Round 2: Ch2, hdc in same st. 2hdc in each of the hdc's from round 2. Join with a sl st into the 2nd of the the ch2 in the beginning of this round. Tie off with a long tail.

With white, ch3 and join to form a circle.

Round 1: Ch3, 10dc in the main hole. Join with a sl st into the 3rd of the ch3 in the beginning of this round. Tie off with a long tail. Use that tail to sew onto the green circle once you've sewn the button eyes on.