Minion Beanine

My sister asked if I could knit a minion beanie for my 2yr old niece. I scoured the internet (youtube, google, pinterest, etc..) looking for patterns I found one I liked at Knitting Rays of Hope and was inspired!

Below you will find all the details for how I created mine:

Yarn: Bright Yellow (Red Heart), Black, White, and Gray (don't remember the brands. I used scraps from other projects)

Loops & Threads round loom - To make a toddler size beanie I used the purple loom with 31 pegs.












Steps to make beanie:
1. E-wrap cast on all 31 pegs.
2. Knit 7 rows for brim
3. E-wrap 15 rows in yellow.
4. Cut yellow and tie on black yarn.
5. E-wrap 5 rows in black.
6. Cut black yarn and tie on yellow yarn.
7. E-wrap 10 rows in yellow.
8. Remove beanie from the loom using gathered removal (steps listed below).
9. Weave in the beginning end.
10. Attach eye (steps for how I created the eye below) by sewing the gray part to the beanie.
11.  I also attached the black eye center to the beanie as well.

Gathered Removal Steps:
1. Cut yarn leaving an 18" length for sewing.
2. Thread a yarn needle with the yarn end.
3. Beginning with the last peg worked, insert the yarn needle in the loop from the bottom to top and lift the loop off the peg sliding it on to the yarn end.
4. Repeat for each loop around the loom.
5. With the yarn end on the wrong side (inside) of the project, pull the end tightly to gather all loops in the center.
6. Knot the yarn tightly and weave in the end.

Minion Eye:
1. I used the orange flower making loom (12 pegs)
2. E-wrap cast on all 12 pegs in gray yarn.
3. Alternate a knit row and a purl row 3 times. in gray.
4. Cut the gray yarn and tie on white yarn.
5. Knit 10 rows of white.
6. Cut the white yarn and tie on black yarn.
7. Knit 3 rows of black yarn.
8. Use the same gathered removal to take the eye off the loom.
9. It comes out looking like a tiny beanie. I just folded the gray over and tucked the white inside.