Minnie Mouse Beanie

Another beanie for my adorable niece. She loooooves Minnie Mouse. I found a picture on Pinterest to get my inspiration.

The finished product!

Loom: Loops & Threads purple 31 peg loom

Yarn: Red Heart Kids in Pixie Pink and Loops & Threads Impeccable in Black #01040

Beanie:

1. To cast on the loom, e-wrap all 31 pegs in pink  yarn.

2. e-wrap 1 row. 

3. knit 1 row. 

4. Repeat steps 2&3 8 times.

5. Cut the pink yarn and switch to black yarn. 

6. e-wrap 1 row 

7. knit 1 row.

8. Repeat steps 6&7 9 times. 

9. To cast off, wrap the yarn around the loom one time to make sure there is enough yarn then cut it. 

10. Thread a yarn needle with the yarn end. 

11. Beginning with the last peg worked, insert the yarn needle in the loop from bottom to top and lift it off the peg, sliding it onto the yarn end. 

12. Repeat for each loop around the loom.

Ears:

1. Chain cast on 10 pegs. 

2. E-wrap knit 6 rows.

3. To work the gathered bind off, transfer the first loop (opposite side of the loom where the yarn end is) to the next peg , lift the bottom loop over the top loop and off the peg; repeat until only one loop remains.

4. Cut the yarn leaving a long end for sewing and pull through the last loop. 

* Make 4 "ears* 

5. Sew two together with the right side facing out. 

6. I used one long end to sew the ears together 1/2 way then tucked the rest of the strand. I used the other long end to sew up the other side of the ears. (look at drawing on the right...it might help?)

7. I cut an extra strand of black yarn per ear to sew the ears to the top of the beanie. 

Bow:

1. E-wrap on 2 pegs. 

2. Knit 2 pegs making 6 rows.

3. on the 6th row wrap one extra peg and knit across 3 pegs then add another loop to a fourth peg. 

4. Knit 1 row.

5. Purl 1 row.

6. Repeat steps 4&5 29 times. 

7. Transfer the loop on the end peg to the adjacent peg and slip the bottom loop over the top loop then knit a row. 

8. At the end of that row repeat step 7. Now there should only be 2 pegs with loops of yarn on them. 

9. Knit the 2 pegs making 6 rows.

10. Transfer the loop from the left peg over the right peg then pull the bottom loop over the top loop.

11. Cut the end leaving a long tail (about 12"-14"). Pull the end of the yarn through the last loop and off the loom. 

12. Fold the two tapered ends towards the back middle of the bow. Wrap the long end around neatly (about 10x maybe..) to cinch the middle and make it look like a bow. 

13. Using a crochet hook pull the end across a few loops through the back side of the bow. 

14. Using the rest of the long end, pull it through the top of the beanie. Sew the bow to the top of the beanie in front of the ears. 

The last step (I actually did this before putting the ears and bow on.) is the buttons. I used white thread and a sewing needle to sew 9 buttons randomly around the pink part of the beanie. I had 10 buttons total but didn't plan out the spacing very well so I used the last button in the center of the bow. 

I hope this all made sense. I am just learning how to write out these instructions. I will try to add pictures of steps in the future but I get caught up the excitement of putting it all together that I forget. 

I would love to hear comments/feedback if anyone tries to make this!

Enjoy!