It’s been all earflap hats, all the time over here lately. I bought a bunch of bulky merino from handpaintedyarn.com because I heard a rumor that they weren’t going to be carrying it any more. The only way I could think to justify the yarn purchase was to make a bunch of hats and sell them. This is my absolute fave earflap hat yarn, folks! It’s spectacular and I hope the rumors aren’t true. 
I was toying with doing a craft show this fall, but then decided to first put the hats in my etsy shop to see if they would sell there. So if you reached the blog searching for earflap hats but you’re not a knitter…you’re in luck! I’ve got a bunch of them! Head on over to the shop and take a look.
And if you’re a knitter, of course, the patterns are free, check the sidebar. I love that so many people have found them useful. 
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August 31, 2008 at 5:39 pm
knittingelephant
You’re Alive! I love that sky blue color… and the pattern. One day I’ll make one or three.
September 1, 2008 at 10:25 am
jodiodeeo
Too cute! Way to go sis!
September 3, 2008 at 1:30 pm
Susan Liber
I made your original earflap hat a couple of years ago for my nephew. In fact I made two of them then sewed one inside of the other for extra warmth. I plan on making two more for this Christmas in rainbow stripes, with some fair isle on one. But I like the modification on this one! Is that a seed stitch? And I used worsted weight Cascade 220 for mine.
September 3, 2008 at 2:45 pm
Julie
Yes, it is….I knit the flaps in seed stitch and did a few rows of seed stitch before switching to stockinette for the body of the hat. I really like the way it turned out! I haven’t had a real problem with curling because I always use 100% wool and steam block them…but if you were using a blend or all synthetic, I would think it would really help it not to curl.
September 19, 2008 at 9:58 pm
Tracey
I need to get rolling on this pattern- I want to make mathcing ones for the girls.
That blue is so lovely!!!
October 10, 2008 at 10:37 pm
Mary K
Do you have the pattern listed for the earflap hat shown in the August 2008 archive? I would love to have it.
Thanks. kauffmmm1952@yahoo.com
October 13, 2008 at 4:15 pm
jodiodeeo
Do you have a pattern in the new knitting day by day calendar??? We have them at Costco – and I need to know if I should be bragging about you to the members.
October 13, 2008 at 4:18 pm
Julie
Yes, I do…I’ll have to look up what day it is…..
October 29, 2008 at 5:49 am
Susan Liber
I made your earflap hat in rainbow stripes. I have it in my winkflash album. I tried to put it in here but that did not work>>>
November 2, 2008 at 6:17 pm
Susan Liber
I made my rainbow earflap hat from your pattern – it is now on the front page of the http://groups.msn.com/knittingandcrochet/_whatsnew.msnw
March 3, 2009 at 9:20 am
megan
I love making hats – they knit up so quickly and have received numerous requests from family for an earflap hat! I need to jump on the earflap bandwagon and I love the seedstitch on the latest one you put up. I also have started looking into spinning, but I have only really taken up knitting (after learning the knit stitch in high school at church over 8 years ago) in the past 4 or 5 months. I’m addicted – so carry on to a fellow obsessive fiber lover!
March 8, 2009 at 8:16 am
Teresa
Hi. Love the earflap hats! Have you posted the pattern for this version with the seed stitching? I want to try it with the new organic cotton yarn from KnitPicks for a friend’s soon-to-be-born twin boys. Thanks!
March 31, 2009 at 3:35 pm
Sharon
Julie: Love the baby/kids earflap hat, and attempted to knit one for afghans for Afghans. Ran into a problem though, in that when down to 35 stitches, how do I count down on the decreases? I think putting the stitches onto dps from circ — my row count is hard to keep track of.?. I’m rather new to knitting (although I’ve knitted several pair of mittens for afA). Can you explain how the stitches should be placed onto my dps, and how the count should proceed? ie. k8 k2tog k8 k2tog k8 k2tog k5 — what would be next.?. Thanks so much!!
Sharon
April 1, 2009 at 6:06 pm
Sharon
Julie, Disregard my confusion… I read back on the entries, and found clear instructions on the correct count for the decreases
Completed the infant hat, and it’s adoreable!!! Anxious to make more for afghans for Afghans!
I love this seed stitch one… Would love to use this pattern for the infants cap — do you still kfb with the seed stitch? How would I go about making the seed stitch earflaps?
September 8, 2009 at 11:15 am
Kristen
Hi Julie! Love what you’re doing here. The earflap hats are too cute. Check us out at favecrafts.com – we’re always taking submissions =)
You also might like these fun kids’ costume hats http://www.favecrafts.com/Knitting-for-Kids/Wacky-Costume-Hats
Please contact me so we can talk, we had a curious contributor who wanted us to post your pattern and we want to work this out with you first of course!
October 18, 2009 at 5:04 pm
Peg Younger
just found your earflap hat patterns on a connection from Bev’s Country Cottage…..love the looks, as my granchildren are wanting earflap hats…..I note no recent blog posts….have you stopped? or are you using another forum…like Ravelry? curious…you seeem to have neat ideas….and yarn…on etsy? Thanks.
November 9, 2009 at 3:26 pm
Sandy
Julie, I love this pattern with the seed stitches but don’t see it listed on your side bar. Is it still available? Thanks, too, for the good You Tube video of how to do the plain ear flaps and how to add them to the cast on. Seeing it done is so much better than trying to read about it!