Three overhead photos lay side by side of a blue crochet baby hat with ear flaps resting on a light wooden background. The hat is seen from the laying on its left side, folded in the middle and then from the right side across the photo to show of the fancy ear flaps.

How to Crochet Baby Hat with Ear flaps

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Three overhead photos lay side by side of a blue crochet baby hat with ear flaps resting on a light wooden background. The hat is seen from the laying on its left side, folded in the middle and then from the right side across the photo to show of the fancy ear flaps.

Get ready to create a Crochet a Baby Hat with Earflaps today!

👋🏽Perfect for chilly weather, this adorable crochet baby cap with earflaps uses a chunky yarn to make a soft cap. Are you ready? check out this quick crochet video tutorial 🧶

In addition to being cute, this hat is also perfect for protecting little ears. The front post double crochet creates a thicker fabric. The ear flaps are also adjustable, and can be worked as long as you’d like by repeating the fpdc pattern and then working a border of double crochet once you’ve reached your desired length.

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Estelle Highland Alpaca Chunky

Chunky Yarn 4 or 5 weight 

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A screen grab of the video tutorial with the blue crochet baby hat in progress. One right ear flap is completed and the hands and hook are pointing to the space where the left ear flap will go. Written instructions for the ear flap appear on the right hand side of the screen.

Crochet Baby Cap with Ear Flap Measurements:


Hat Circumference 40.6 centimeters (cm.)/16 Inches (in.)
Hat Cap Height 16 (cm.) / 6.5 (in.)
Hat Cap Width 18.5 (cm.) / 7.5 (in.)
Hat Brim Height 7.5 (cm.) / 3 (in.)
Ear Flap Height 7.5 (cm) / 3 (in.)
Ear Flap Width 11.5 (cm.) / 4.5 (in.)

A flat overhead photo of a blue crochet baby cap with a thick brim lays on a wooden desk. There is a cute white little llama in the bottom right hand corner with the words. Little Llama Crochet written out.

What size should I make my crochet baby hat?

This is a great question, and one I asked myself. I like to use the Craft Yarn Council sizing guides and their head circumference chart when working on a pattern and therefore I have place their standards below.

  • Preemie 23–30.5 (cm.) / 9–12 (in.)
  • Baby 35.5–40.5 (cm.) / 14–16 (in.)
  • Toddler 40.5–46 (cm.). / 16–18 (in.)

To see the full chart click the link below:

Craft Yarn Council Head Circumference Chart

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What crochet stitches do I use to make a crochet baby hat?

This Baby Hat with earflaps works up quickly using the following stitches:

1)Learn the Single Crochet (SC)

2) Next study How to Double Crochet (DC)

3) Have you tried Half-Double Crochet (HDC)?

4) Next Step is to combine stiches to create the Front-Post Double Crochet (FPDC)


Want to learn how to crochet a hat for Newborns?

completed crochet newborn hat, a cap with a small brim in gold rests on a light wooden background with an purple newborn hat resting below on a crochet hook still being completed.
completed crochet newborn hat, a cap with a small brim in gold rests on a light wooden background with an purple newborn hat resting below on a crochet hook still being completed.

If you are ready to learn how to crochet a hat for newborns be sure to check out this article

How to Crochet a hat for Newborns

Do you have any questions? Let me know in the comments below 🙂

A flat overhead photo of a blue crochet baby hat with ear flaps lay on a wooden desk. The Blue hat has a cap, thick brim and ear flaps using a textured stitch. There is a cute little llama in the bottom right hand corner with the words. Little Llama Crochet written out.

Thank you for reading, take care of yourself and each other <3

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