These earflap hats help you look stylish while keeping your ears protected and toasty. A wide variety of styles include chullos, ski bonnets, aviator, and some just for fun. Many will work for men or women. Updated 1/27/26
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Free Patterns
Woodland Wanderer Hat
Hat with braided cable brim that extends to cover the ears. Knit flat and seamed. Brim is knit first and stitches are picked up for the crown. Designed by Janis Frank. Worsted weight yarn. Web version is free.
- Get the free knitting pattern - web version. Scroll down the target page to see the pattern.
- Buy the PDF knitting pattern at Etsy
1898 Hat
Earflap hat with a sideways garter stitch brim knit. Rated easy by Ravelrers. Kristine Byrnes was inspired by a hat pictured in a magazine published around 1910. Pictured projects by winterspastkris and Fringe Association
Cabled And Fringed Hat
Design features cable pattern that begins on earflap and continues onto the cap. Earflaps are worked flat and finsihed with braid ties. The remainder of hat is worked in the round. SIZE: 9-12 months (2-3 years, 4-5 years), Designed by Lion Brand Yarn. Aran weight yarn.
Ear Warmer for Baseball Hat
The brim of your baseball hat fits through the slit in Susan Snyder’s ear warmer design to keep your ears warm when you’re wearing your favorite hat. Other designers have adapted for riding helmets and driving caps.
Rustic Sampler Hat
Pearl Morgan’s hat features panels of cable, colorwork, and Bavarian twisted stitches, and is easily customizable.
Monarch Lyon Hat
Veronica O’Neil’s aviator style hat features ridges, ear flaps and button embellishments. Perfect for aeronauts in any age!
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Lomond Hat
Littletheorem’s hat is a quick knit in chunky yarn. The band is knit flat in moss stitch and then joined in the round for the body.
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Cabled Ski Bonnet
Lacey Volk’s Neon Ski Bonnet features and cabled band and smocked crown.
Super Bulky Earflap Hat
Gina Michele’s ribbed hat features a rolled up brim, braids, and garter stitch earflaps.
Cross Country Chullo
Anne Featonby’s earflap hat is inspired by the Peruvian chullo but with the addition of skier motifs.
Baby Headphone Hat
Adorable baby hat features earflaps that look like headphones. Web pattern for size 12 months is free. More sizes and a printable pdf are available on Etsy. Designed by Cassie at Little Red Window.
- Get the free knitting pattern for size 12 mos
- Get printable pdf with sizes 0-3 months, 6 months, 12 months, & 2T+ on Etsy >
Braided Hat
Aet Terasmaa’s hat is knit flat. Pattern comes with written instructions as well as charts and photo tutorial for adding the fringes.
Creepy Critters Chullo
Donna Druchunas’s earflap hat is is decorated with motifs of insects from the Andes. Sizes Child[Teen, Adult]
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- Get fingering weight yarn for this pattern on Etsy
Matching Hearts Hat
Guzel Eaves’s hat is designed for three sizes child, teen and adult. The heart-shaped earflaps are knit separately and sewn on.
My Mohawk Hat
Jackie Jaquette designed this novel variation on the earflap hat with a mohawk made from unraveled strands of bulky yarn.
Ski Skulls
Scarlet Taylor designed this chullo style ski hat for Red Heart.
Patterns for Purchase
Charlotte Slouchy Earflap Hat
The Charlotte Beanie is a quick knit using only one skein of yarn and can easily be made in one evening. It’s a cozy, slightly slouchy, split brim hat with long braided ties.
Samedan Hat
Cozy trapper hat is a quick knit in bulky yarn.
Wolfpup Hat
Fast knit in super bulky yarn. The fluffy lining of this cozy ear flap hat is knitted separately and popped inside with a simple whipstitch. The easy pompoms are made with fake fur. Full tutorial.
- Get the knitting pattern on Etsy
- See more Super Bulky Knitting Patterns
- Get Faux Fur Pom Poms on Etsy
Eight Tiny Reindeer Hat
This creative earflap hat features a lacy pattern that looks like Santa’s eight reindeer. Great for the holidays or all year one.
Winterberry Earflap Hat
Knit with honey comb pattern for the central part of the hat, cables for earflaps, and aviator style brim. Sizes 1-3 years, 3-5 years, 6-10 years
Frosty Morning Hat, Cowl, and Mittens Set
Four sizes from toddler to child: 1-3 years, 3-5 years, 6-9 years and from 10 years
