Handmade Xmas: Cold Knights Toque and Battle beard

This started out as a novelty hat I wanted to knit.  Thought it would be really cute to knit up a simple spangenhelm for Trevor.  And then I thought to myself - what's better than a scarf?  A beard!  But doesn't he already *have* a beard?  Yes....but.....a beard WARMER!  a beard-shaped sort of attachment for his hat!  Wouldn't that be cool?  (this is the conversation in my head.)

I freehanded the basic toque and knit a seperate t-shaped piece in seed stitch to sew on top to form the spangen-part.  the beard was knit in chunky wool on big needles, nothing fancy.  moustache was knit seperately and sewn on.

I used a crochet-hook (prolly improperly, but I couldn't bring myself to google 'how to crochet' again) to do the edges of the beard so it wouldn't roll and would hold its shape better.  the beard attaches to two buttons sewn into the upper chin-straps of the hat.  tadaa!

Here she is, my precious.  modelled by me.