10 Earflap Hats Free Knitting Patterns for the Entire Family
Cold weather calls for being bundled up. These earflap hats do the job by keeping your head and ears cozy for protection from wind and snow.
I’ve compiled 10 fabulous earflap hat knitting patterns so you can knit them for everyone in the family! Best of all, they are free patterns!
As always, I’ve included links to both the patterns and recommended yarn.
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10 Awesome Earflap Hats Free Knitting Patterns
#1. Oliver’s Earflap Hat Free Knitting Pattern
Oliver’s Hat is a quick and easy earflap hat pattern for babies and toddlers that can be easily changed to suite your own taste. Knit with edge and earflaps in garter stitch or seed stitch, change the i-cord ties to braided ties, omit the pom-pom, or add a crochet edge.
Uses super bulky weight yarn
Designed by Kristina Schmidt
Get Oliver’s Earflap Hat Free Pattern on Ravelry
Get Lion Brand Wool-Ease Thick & Quick Yarn for this project
#2. Neon Ski Bonnet Free Knitting Pattern
This hat was inspired by Elizabeth Zimmerman’s Ski Bonnet, but the Neon Ski Bonnet is knit flat, then joined in the round instead of steeked. The front band is double thickness over the ears for extra warmth, and the pom-pom is extra-big for added fun!
Uses worsted weight yarn
Designed by Lacey Volk
Get Neon Ski Bonnet Free Knitting Pattern on Ravelry
Get KnitPicks Wool of the Andes Superwash Yarn for this project
#3. Very Basic Bulky Earflap Hat Free Knitting Pattern
This very basic pattern includes 5 sizes, from child to adult large. Pattern notes include hints & tips on sizing this hat for other gauges and a handy guide for industry standard hat sizes to help you fit everyone on your list.
Hat is worked in the round & the edges are finished in single crochet, with a braided tassel and tie option.
Uses bulky weight yarn
Designed by Anne Carroll Gilmour
Get Very Basic Earflap Hat Free Knitting Pattern on Ravelry
Get Noro Kureyon Yarn for this project
#4. I Heart Cables Earflap Hat Free Knitting Pattern
This is a cabled hat worked seamlessly in the round. After completing ribbing the hat is worked in cables. The earflaps finish with i-cord strings and small pompoms. All stitch decreases are made between the cables for neater look. At the top of the hat there is a 1½-2 inch pompom in the same colorway.
The hat is great for boys as well as girls, depending on the color of the yarn. Different sizing is achieved by alterations in cable length as well as their number.
Uses worsted weight yarn
Designed by Justyna Lorkowska
Get I Heart Cables Hat Free Knitting Pattern on Ravelry
Get KnitPicks Swish Worsted Yarn for this project
#5. Norwegian Star Earflap Hat Free Knitting Pattern
This colorwork earflap hat pattern includes several child and adult sizes. It is knitted in-the-round and features a Fair Isle Norwegian Star pattern.
Uses worsted weight yarn
Designed by Tiennie
Get Norwegian Star Hat Free Knitting Pattern on Ravelry
Get KnitPicks Wool of the Andes Superwash Yarn for this project
#6. Helena’s Bonnet Earflap Hat Free Knitting Pattern
A simple and timeless little bonnet that will keep your little one’s head warm and toasty during cold days. Knitted on 5mm needles, this is a quick and satisfying knit.
The body is worked flat and joined in the round when its time to decrease for crown shaping, so there is no sewing needed! I-cords are added at the end.
Uses worsted weight yarn
Designed by Paula Leme
Get Helena’s Bonnet Free Knitting Pattern on Ravelry
Get Berroco Ultra Alpaca Yarn for this project
#7. Huldra Earflap Hat Free Knitting Pattern
Huldra is women’s earflap hat using self-striping Scarfie yarn from Lion Brand. The earflaps are worked first then the rest of the hat is worked upwards. Cords and tassels are worked at the end. It’s a quick-knit project and perfect for wearing on cold winter days.
Uses bulky weight yarn
Designed by Lion Brand Yarn
Get Lion Brand Scarfie Yarn for this project
#8. Dinosaur Earflap Hat Free Knitting Pattern
This dino-mite earflap hat pattern features dinosaur spikes going over the top of the hat from front to back like.
Uses worsted weight yarn
Designed by Kris Hanson
Get Dino Earflap Hat Free Knitting Pattern on Ravelry
Get Plymouth Encore Worsted Yarn for this project
#9. Noma Earflap Hat Free Knitting Pattern
Renowned hat designer, Woolly Wormhead, has created an earflap hat sized to fit children to adults. It’s a fairly easy knit that looks great in a variegated hand dyed yarn. Noma is knitted in-the-round from the top down and no seams to sew.
Uses DK weight yarn
Designed by Woolly Wormhead
Get Noma Earflap Hat Free Knitting Pattern (pattern is on the 9th row)
Get Manos del Uruguay Silk Blend Yarn for this project
#10. The 1898 Earflap Hat Free Knitting Pattern
The construction of this hat was inspired by one pictured in a magazine published around 1910. Knitting the headband side to side provides a double layer of garter stitch to keep the ears warm, and allows for easy shaping of the earflaps. The edges of the headband are folded together along a slipped stitch seam, and picked up together to finish in the round. The hat has plenty of depth so it can be pulled low on the forehead, and the earflaps will naturally cup around the ears to keep them warm.
Uses worsted weight yarn
Designed by Kristine Byrnes
Get KnitPicks Swish Worsted Yarn for this project
