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Big Hair and a Book

 This post is an essay that I wrote for my junior year of high school/freshman year of college English class. It’s a personal literacy essay where I discuss my experience with books. I hope you like it.  Throughout my entire life, including now, people always recognize me by my hair. Curly, brown,  and perpetually frizzy hair. My trademark. Although hair is important to who I am, I think books will  forever be the biggest part of me.            According to my mother, I started reading when I was 3, I can’t corroborate that since I don’t  remember being 3. In fact, I don’t remember much of my childhood. But I remember the books I read.  There were 3 extremely important books that have shaped my entire life, or at least my life until now,  but I can almost guarantee that they will always be important to me. These books represent different  types of reading, or different reasons you might read.   The first type is reading for knowledge, represented by the Egyptology book. As a child I wa
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Crochet Ear Band




 Hello there! I’m Willow. How are you? I hope you’re well. 

Before we begin, please read my disclaimer policy and my privacy policy . 

Today I will share a pattern for a crochet ear band. Before we start, a few notes. 

Notes: 1. Mine accidentally increased in size as I made it, so I highly suggest you count your stitches after every row to ensure that the size of your ear band doesn’t change. 2. If yours does end up increasing in size like mine, that’s ok! It just means that it can double as a visor, too! 

Materials: since this pattern isn’t stitch-specific (meaning it doesn’t tell you to do a specific stitch number besides turning chains), you can use any yarn and hook you like. I used weight 3 yarn and a 3.0mm hook. You’ll also need something to weave your ends in, so either a tapestry needle, or you can just use your hook if you like, and some scissors  

Row 1: make a chain long enough to fit snugly around your (or whoever the ear band is for) head. 

Row 2: chain 3, double crochet into the fourth stitch from your hook and into every stitch after that. Slip-stitch the ends together. Note: instead of slip-stitching the ends together after every round, you can skip that and sew the ends together once you’re finished. 

Row 3: change colors (if you want), ch3, double crochet into the back loop only of the fourth stitch from your hook and every stitch after. Slip stitch ends together. 

Row 4: change colors, ch3, double crochet into the front loop only of the fourth stitch from your hook and every stitch after. Slip stitch ends together. 

Row 5-9 (you can do more or fewer rows depending on how big you want your ear band): repeat row 3, for the row after, repeat row 4. For the odd number rows, you repeat row 3, for the even rows, repeat row 4. Make sure to alternate between the front loop only and the back loop only in every row. 

Fasten off and weave in your ends. 


Here's how mine looks when you put it on. If you make it right, (as in not making my mistake and accidentally making it increase in size) it can also double as a headband!

Well, that's it for today. Come back soon for more words from Willow. <3 




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