awesome shrekiness

It's a hat! A green hat! With ears! I started this yesterday and was having so much fun I knit the last ear on my lunch break today. I'll post the pattern tomorrow, because, you know, everyone needs more ogre. Do let me know if you have any problems with this pattern!

Pattern:
gauge: 4 inches = 14 stitches x 22 rows on stockinette stitch.

Need: size 10 1/2 circular (15 inches)
set of size 10 1/2 dps
set of size 5 dpns

Hat:

Cast on 60 stitches using circular needle.

Do K1, P1 ribbing for one inch.
Knit until hat is 4 inches long.
Row 1: Place a stitch marker after every 12th stitch.
Row 2: Knit around; K2tog at each marker (55 stitches)
Row 3: knit
Rep. rows 2-3 4 times. Switch to dpns as necessary. (35 stitches)
Row 12: K2tog at each marker.
Rep. row 12 until 20 stitches remain on the needles.
K2 tog. all the way around. (10 stitches)
Cut yarn and draw through stitches.

Ears:

Using size 5 dpns, pick up 9 stitches on the upper left wide of the hat; three stitches per needle.
Rows 1-8: knit
Row 9: *K1, co1, rep from * (18 stitches)
Row 10: knit
Row 11: *k1, co1, rep from * (36 stitches)
Row 12: knit
Row 13: *k1, k2tog, rep from *
Row 14: knit
Knit 10 rows. BO tightly.

Finishing: weave in ends. Roll down edges of ears.