Final Product
Supplies
DK weight yarn in olive green, white, gold, red, and black.
G/6 (4.00 mm) Hook
Yarn needle
Size
Fits a 22.5 inch (57.15 cm) head.
Author's Note: Sizing starts out with a basic bucket increase, so check it against your own head. The chart pattern works by stopping at any even row, for easy size adjustment.
Chart
Instructions
Author's Note: Do not skip a stitch when ch 1, do when ch 2.
Round 1: Ch 2 with green, 6 sc in second ch from hook. Join, being careful not to twist stitches.
Round 2: Ch 1, 2 sc in each st. Join. (12 sc)
Round 3: Ch 1, (sc in next st, 2 sc in next st) around. Join. (18 sc)
Round 4: Ch 1, (sc in next 2 st, 2 sc in next st) around. Join. (24 sc)
Round 5: Ch 1, (sc in next 3 st, 2 sc in next st) around. Join. (30 sc)
Round 6: Ch 1, (sc in next 4 st, 2 sc in next st) around. Join. (36 sc)
Round 7: Ch 1, (sc in next 5 st, 2 sc in next st) around. Join. (42 sc)
Round 8: Ch 1, (sc in next 6 st, 2 sc in next st) around. Join. (48 sc)
Round 9: Ch 1, (sc in next 7 st, 2 sc in next st) around. Join. (54 sc)
Round 10: Ch 1, (sc in next 8 st, 2 sc in next st) around. Join. (60 sc)
Round 11: Ch 1, (sc in next 9 st, 2 sc in next st) around. Join. (66 sc)
Round 12: Ch 1, (sc in next 10 st, 2 sc in next st) around. Join. (72 sc)
Round 13: Ch 1, (sc in next 11 st, 2 sc in next st) around. Join. (78 sc)
Round 14: Ch 1, (sc in next 12 st, 2 sc in next st) around. Join. (84 sc)
Rounds 15-21: Work the chart from above in sc, making sure to ch 1 at the beginning of each round. Join.
Author's Note: If resizing please note that the chart will work if sc around is in multiple of 4, any even row.
Round 22: Ch 1, sc around in white. Join.
Rounds 23-24: Ch 1, sc around in gold. Join.
Round 25: Ch 1, sc around in green. Join.
Round 26: Ch 2, dc around. Join.
Rounds 27-30: Ch 2, (fpdc in next 3 st, bpdc in 1) around. Join.
Earflap
Round 31: Join green anywhere, ch 1, sc in next 51 dc. Turn.
Rounds 32-35: Ch 1, sc across 51 st. Turn.
Round 36: Ch 1, sc first 12 st. Turn.
Round 37: Ch 1, dec. in first 2 st, sc 8, dec in last 2 st. Turn. (10)
Round 38: Ch 1, sc across. Turn.
Round 39: Ch 1, dec. in first 2 st, sc 6, dec. in last 2 st. Turn (8)
Round 40: Ch 1, sc even. Turn.
Round 41: Ch 1, dec. in first 2 st, sc 4, dec. in last 2 st. Turn. (6)
Round 42: Ch 1, sc even. Turn.
Round 43: Ch 1, dec. in first 2 st, sc 2, dec. in last 2 st. Turn. (4)
Round 44: Ch 1, sc even. Turn.
Round 45: Ch 4, sl st in 4th sc of previous row. (You will tie the braids through this loop)
Second Earflap
Join on the other edge of 51 st from row 31, follow the pattern for rows 36-45.
Finishing
When done with second earflap, crochet sc even around entire edge.
Take 6 strands of each color in roughly double the length you want the braids to eventually be, split into 2 bunches.
Feed each bunch through an ear loop and braid, knotting at the end.
Weave in all ends.
Credit
Runningwithgnomes' tutorial was taken with permission from Don't Make Me Over, and was submitted as an entry to The Leaky Cauldron's Harry Potter Crafts 2010 Knitting vs. Crochet War Contest.