Comments on: Baby/Kids’ Earflap Hat

By: Donna

Donna — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:45:32 +0000

Julie, have you written the pattern for children in a worsted weight? My two year old grandson has a 19″ head. The yarn I have is worsted wt and knits up at 5 st/inch. Thanks!

By: Julie

Julie — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:56:08 +0000

Mel, yes, that was the size — in my experience their head size doesn’t change much for a few years once they hit 2 or 3. My kids were 2 and 5, I think, when I made their first matching hats and they wore them for three winters.

By: Mel

Mel — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:33:03 +0000

Hello Julie – just wanted to check that the little kid size will be ok for a 4 yo. Is this the size you did on 4mm needles for your 5yo which lasted a few winters? It’s a surprise pressie so wld be great if I could avoid asking for a head measurement! Apologies if you have already answered a similar question and thanks for your help!

By: Julie

Julie — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:08:10 +0000

@Nery….I’m sorry, I’m not aware off the top of my head of a similar pattern on two needles. You should really consider learning to knit on circs — it’s not scary at all! There are great videos at knittinghelp.com that can help you get started.

@kelly…yes, if you’re a fan of DPNs, go ahead and knit the whole thing on them….there’s no reason not to. I’m not a fan! I find knitting on 1 or 2 circs much less cumbersome.

By: kelly

kelly — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:49:06 +0000

can u tell me if possible to use strictly dpns for entire hat? any cautions?
kelly

By: Nery

Nery — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:04:52 +0000

Can you tell me if this pattern can be done on two needles? I don’t know how to knit with circulars and I can’t find a pattern out there for this on two needles. Thanks!

By: Vicki

Vicki — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:38:34 +0000

thanks so much for this wonderful pattern! i made it for my brand new grandson. the instructions were clear and easy to follow, and it turned out great!

i’d love to have this pattern in a worsted weight, too.

thanks again!

By: liz speranza

liz speranza — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:14:54 +0000

I love this hat too! New to knitting and would like to make this for a newborn but would love the worsted wool pattern. You mentioned that you would have one up, is it somewhere on the website that I am missing? Thanks so much!

By: Robin

Robin — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:11:46 +0000

I love the look of this pattern! A friend asked me to make an earflap hat for her 2 yo granddaughter. She brought me the yarn, already, and it’s worsted weight. Do you have suggestions for making this hat with worsted weight instead of DK? Thank you very much for your time.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:14:15 +0000

Wow, this hat is great! I made it and blocked it out and it looks wonderful on my 9 month old. Thank you for posting this pattern! I think I’m going to make a pom pon to go on top. I’ll forward you a picture when I’m finished.