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From showing off their heritage to previous escapades, ears are a great feature for adding more character to your adventurer.

If your character has no hair, I’d highly recommend adding ears – it helps to anchor the eyes on the face which can otherwise look a bitty out of proportion.

Crochet Details

For all of the below, you want to leave a reasonable length of wool at both ends. I thread the ends through and tie on the inside of the model to secure.

Rounded

These are my go to ears for humans.

  1. ch 1
  2. Slst into back of ch
  3. Fasten off

Peaked

A little bit longer than the rounded ears, but not quite full point, I tend to use these for half-elves, gnomes, tieflings, and more.

  1. ch 2
  2. slst into bottom loop of 2nd ch from hook
  3. Fasten off

Pointed

Your full on fantasy ears.

  1. ch 3
  2. slst into bottom loop of 2nd ch from hook, slst into bottom loop of next ch
  3. Fasten off

Webbed

My preferred choice for dragonborn.

  1. ch 5
  2. slst into 3rd ch from hook, [ch 2, slst in next st] repeat 2 times
  3. Fasten off and thread end into top of ear
Using a single strand of wool, you can embroider on more detail.

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