Staying safe during the COVID-19 pandemic is important for everyone to take measures to stay safe. Many areas and occupations require masks to be worn. My work requires masks to be work in meetings and I wear them on my commute in to work. One accessory that can provide a bit of relief for mask wearers are ear savers. Rather then the elastic looping around the wearers ear, it is looped around the button. This takes the pressure off the back of your ears. Best of all these savers take 10-15 minutes to make!
I have 4 styles. The first two ear savers I love. I chose to make these out of recycled cotton yarn. I really love this yarn. I’m definatley going to be using a lot more of it in the future. These are the plain and braided ear savers. There are also two fancier patterns in the set a ponytail and bow ear saver.
The pattern is available on my Ravelry store. You can get some ear savers from my etsy store. I am running a promotion util the end of September (2020) where any pattern purchase will come with a $5AUD discount for my etsy store.
Ear Savers Book
This pattern book provides a photo tutorial for each of these patterns Ad-free. The file is PDF. This pattern is rated as EASY -- suitable for a confident beginner. It uses standard US and UK English crochet terminology. It has been tested for clarity and accuracy. In addition, and as mentioned earlier, it contains how-to photos. I am confident this pattern will make for a happy crochet experience. I don't accept returns, exchanges or cancellations. But please contact me if you have any problems with your order. **Please be patient if you use this form to purchase the pattern. I will need to email the file, it may take a few hours for me to send (it may be night for me!)
A$2.50
What you need:
- Hook- 2.5mm or 5 mm, See table below
- Yarn- varies for each pattern
- For the Plain and Braided patterns I used Makr recycled cotton. The cotton is worsted weight.
- For the bow pattern I used Shimmer yarn by Yatsal. The yarn is DK weight.
- For the Ponytail pattern I used Needles 8ply. The yarn is DK weight.
- Yarn Needle
- 2 Buttons each, See table below.
| Hook | Buttons | Yarn | |
| Plain | 2.5mm | 2, 25mm | 10m, Worsted weight |
| Braided | 2.5mm | 2, 25mm | 10 m Worsted Weight |
| Ponytail | 5mm | 2, 25mm | 10m DK weight |
| Bow | 5mm | 2, 30mm | 20m DK weight |
Pattern notes:
The ear savers are a one size fits most. Each ear saver is 5-6.5” in length depending on your tension. These can be increased and decreased in length. Scaling instructions are given in each pattern.
Finished Size:
Plain: 1” width by 6” length
Braided:1” width, 6” length
Ponytail: 0.75” width and 6.5” length
Bow: 3.5” width and 6.5” length
The CH1/CH2 at the end of each row is not included in the stitch count.
Terminology:
This pattern is written in US terminology. The UK equivalent terms are provided in square brackets as such [UK]. SK is to signify the skipped stitches. The equivalent terms are summarised below:
| US Terminology | UK Terminology |
| Double Crochet (DC) | Treble Crochet [TC] |
| Single Crochet (SC) | Double Crochet [DC] |
| Slip Stitch (SL) | Slip Stitch [SL] |
| Chain (CH) | Chain [CH] |
Plain:
Foundation: CH8, Turn. [8]
R1: DC[TC] in 3rd chain from hook, DC[TC] across. CH2 and turn. [6]
R2-11:DC[TC] across. CH2 and turn. [6]
R12: DC [TC] across, Fasten off and weave in ends. [6]
Sew in buttons. The buttons should be sewn into R2 and R11 into 3-4 stitches.
Braided:
Foundation: CH 8. [8]
R1: DC[TC] In 3rd chain from the hook, DC[TC] across, CH2 and turn. [6]
R2: DC[TC] across, CH2 and turn. [6]
R3: DC[TC] across, turn. [6]
Strand 1:CH 30, in 2nd chain from hook SC[DC]. SC[DC] in next 28 stitches. SL into the 5th stitch of R3.
Strand 2: SL into 4th stitch of R3 CH 30, in 2nd chain from hook SC[DC]. SC[DC] in next 28 stitches. SL into the 3rd stitch of R3.
Strand 3: SL into 2nd stitch of R3 CH 30, in 2nd chain from hook SC[DC]. SC[DC] in next 28 stitches. SL into the 1st stitch of R3.
Fasten off and weave in ends.
Button flap:
Foundation: CH 8. [8]
R1: DC[TC] In 3rd chain from the hook, DC[TC] across, CH2 and turn. [6]
R2: DC[TC] across, CH2 and turn. [6]
R3: DC[TC] across, fasten off. Leave 10” to sew into the end. [6]
Assembly:
- Braid the three strands together (like you do with hair)
- Secure ends with stitch markers.
- With the tail on the button flap thread through each strand end. Each strand is fastened to two stitches of the button flap.
- Sew in buttons. The buttons should be sewn into R2 and R11 into 3-4 stitches.
Ponytail
Foundation: CH 25, turn. [25]
R1: SC[DC] into 2nd chain from the hook. SC[DC] across, CH1 and turn. [24]
R2: SC[DC] into the first 6 stitches, CH12, SK 12, SC[DC] into the last 6 stitches. CH1 and turn. [24]
R3: SC[DC] in the first 6 stitches, SC[DC] 12 around the CH section of R3, SC[DC] in last 6 stitches. [24]
Secure buttons into the second row, second stitch from each end.
Bow
Foundation: CH25 [25]
R1: DC[TC] into the 3rd stitch from the hook, DC[TC] across, CH2 and turn. [23]
R2-5:DC[TC] across, CH2 and turn. [23]
R6:DC[TC] across, fasten off and weave in ends. [23]
Secure buttons to the fourth stitch and 19th stitches of rows 3 and 4.
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Hmm is anyone else having problems with the images on this blog loading? I’m trying to find out if its a problem on my end or if it’s the blog. Any feed-back would be greatly appreciated.
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Hi Jolene, I haven’t heard of anyone else having this issue. I do ask friends to check and they haven’t found anything. Which pictures in particular?
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