Killer Bunny Robot Hat

Step 2 Construct the ears

I wanted to make ears with a pink felt center. But I thought the felt might collapse the ears if I cut it only the size of the inner ear part. So I used a somewhat complicated technique to put the 3 ear parts together. You could leave the felt off completely and have all white ears, and have a perfectly fine hat. In that case, just stitch around the edges and turn inside out.

For the complicated ear, you'll create the front ear part first, then stitch and turn in the usual way. Take one felt ear and one fabric ear and place them together. Sew a line where you want the edge of the inner ear to be. Then cut out the knit fabric on the inside of this line, to reveal the felt underneath. To tidy up this edge, using pink thread, sew a satin zigzag stitch around the same line. I was able to straighten out one spot where I'd wobbled in the original stitching line.

Now place the second part of the ear over the front part, and stitch around the edges. Do this from the side with the felt, so you don't get any of the felt inside the seam (or it will bulk up). Turn the ears right side out and you'll have a kind of knit pocket over the stiffer felt, which supports the whole ear. I meant to iron them so they'd be flatter, but I forgot!