It's Shaun the Sheep!

K and N love the "Shaun the Sheep Movie" and the Shaun dvds.  So, I made K a Shaun the sheep hat, and I'll make N's next. 

The graph for Shaun is from "Shaun's Hat" by Marianne Mueller.  This is a double knit hat pattern, but I just knit a regular hat and duplicate stitched Shaun onto it.

Yarn: Vanna's. Needles: size 5 and size 8. Gauge: 4.5 stitches/inch. German Twisted Cast on.
Pattern:  my own.  CO 96 stitches. K2 P2 rib for 2".  Change to size 8 needles.  Knit around until hat is 6.5" long for K. from beginning edge.
Decrease rows:  1. K6, K2tog around. 2. Knit around.  3. K5, k2tog around. 4. Knit around.  5. K4, k2tog around. 6. Knit around.  7. K3, k2tog around. 8. K2 k2tog around. 9. K1 K2tog around. 10. K2tog around. 11. K2tog around. Take yarn through remaining stitches and weave in end.
Duplicate stitch: Place markers for beginning of ears when on that row of face. Duplicate stitch by starting at the base of the stitch--cover the stitch above and back into base.   So to do next row above, you will come up in the center of the stitch you previously covered.