So I remembered an old pair of headphones that I got for free from Bolt.com back in the day. I gave them to the kid a long time ago because I wasn't using them but she doesn't like how they fit. I wanted something to use in the gym so she just gave them back. They lost the foam thingers a long time ago so I decided to try knitting my own covers.

The speakers are about 2" across so my first thought was to knit the pasties from Naughty Needles and make them slightly larger than 2". I was going to use elastic or make a drawstring to tighten them up. But then it occurred to me to use elastic yarn and make teeny tiny berets instead. So I did! :D And it worked! I started out with a small number of stitches and ribbing to keep them in place, then did an increase row and some straight stockinette. I put some eyelets in the middle where the holes are on the speakers to let the sound through a little better.

Here's my teeny tiny hat. :D

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And stretched out over the speaker thingers.

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I'm calling them No Excuses because not having headphones was my last excuse to avoid the gym. These will fit 2" diameter headphone speakers.

Materials:
Less than 1 skein of Cascade Fixation
US size 4 dpns

Cast on 16 stitches. Distribute on the needles however you wish. I put 4 each on needles 1 and 2 and 8 on needle 3.
Do 3 rounds of k2p2 ribbing.
The next round, knit into the front and back of every stitch. You now have 32 stitches.
Knit four rounds plain.
Next round, work in eyelet pattern. Yo, k2tog around. Knit one row plain. Repeat these two rows one time.
Yo, k2tog for one round.
Next round, k2tog around.
Next round, Yo, k2tog around.
Last round, k2tog around.
Break yarn and weave in ends. Stretch it to fit your headphones and make one more for the other side. I found this to be a VERY tight fit because of the small number of cast-on stitches. It took a little time and wiggling but I got it to stretch. I don't want it to ever come off so I like it that way.