Ear Warmers and Headbands

 These simple sc strips make warm, easy to decorate ear warmers or headbands. The easiest are 12 to 14 sc wide, however long you need to fit comfortably around your head. When it's the proper length, join the 2 ends with slip stitches. I crocheted a rose and leaf on this one.

 The first row of the flower is made by sc, ch 3 a few times for the petals. then a row of sc, hdc, 3 dc, hdc, sc in each loop. 

 Close up of the back.

I like my holly leaves and "berries". My daughter says it's too "busy".  The leaf pattern is from a Christmas doily and the berries are buttons.

 When I finished the leaves, I left a long enough length for sewing. and the buttons are sewed on with crochet thread.

 I used the local high school's colors for the stripes. 4 rows in each stripe. Of course, you can use any colors you like and make the stripes any width you desire.

 Then I tried making a narrower part to go behind, at the back of the neck. I started with 12 sc, decreased one sc at each end twice, worked 12 rows on 8 sc, increased one sc at each end twice. Then worked even on the 12 sc until it was the proper length. Joined the ends. Then I worked a row of sc along both sides. I'm pointing at the joining row.

 Same pattern in a fun yarn. Since I didn't put on the edging rows, I started with 14 sc. I didn't wear this one, so the joining row is still obvious.

The color combinations are limited only by your imagination.