The Funny Snoody

Everywhere I look I see pictures of snoody's (that's short for snood combined with a hood).  Young and old seem to be wearing them, making them or even asking the knitters and crochet fanatics in their family to make them one.  Eventually it was not long before someone in my family asked me to make her a snoody.  So ordered to started.  Her specific orders:  must be of thick wool, bright colored and must have ears. 

Now why would a grown woman want ears on a snoody?  To understand this part of the order you must understand my younger sister.  She is still the eternal teenager even though she is the mother of an 11 year old.  Always ready for a challenge and with the whimsical taste of a teenager - hence the ears.

Wool purchased, in stunning teal blue with some sassy buttons, I run into the first problem.  The picture link she sent me does not provide a pattern  - why would it?  That would make my life easy and she is not about to make it easy for me.  

After searching the internet for a while I still could not find anything remotely the same as what she was looking for.  Not one to give up that easily I decide to go with my gut and follow the basic design of what I can see on the pictures.  Needless to say I started and pulled out and started and pulled out a dozen times before it finally took the shape I wanted.

Finally after two nights of late crochet I finished.  One bright snoody, with ears produced!!!