EASY Crochet Baby Hat Pattern with Earflaps 0-3 months FREE Pattern

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FREE Crochet Baby Hat Pattern with Earflaps. This is the Arron Earflap Hat Crochet Pattern.

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This is an Easy Earflap Crochet Hat Pattern for a 0-3 months, I can make 2 full hats from a 100-gram ball of Double Knit Yarn/light worsted weight / 8 ply

I am always asked to crochet a hat for a newborn baby. If you feel as though the earflap hat is still too advanced for you!
Do not worry I have a fabulous EASY How to Crochet a Baby Hat tutorial HERE
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The Easy crochet baby hat with Earflaps pattern is simply written and includes how to crochet the earflaps onto the hat.

These quick easy-to-make baby hats are an ideal gift to crochet for a new baby.

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As it starts to get chilly around the change of the season nearing the end of the year when we are starting to think about head coverings for the little ones.
And love crocheting Baby Hat Crochet patterns with earflaps for babies. To help keep them snuggly and warm, in those first few crucial months

**Please always remember to take precautions with the ties and we only ever crossed them over the front at his chin**

This particular baby hat is an easy baby hat to crochet and is ideal for beginners who want to crochet a basic baby hat with earflaps. It works up very quickly, and you will have a crochet baby hat in no time at all.
It is an easy crochet pattern, and it’s a good start for beginners as it’s also a great pattern for first-time baby hat makers, especially if you have always wondered how to make a baby hat with ear flaps!

Size of baby Hat: 

The Finished Baby Hat Will fit approx 16 inches 0-3 months.

Head Circumference approx: 14 inches inches
Hat Circumference approx:  13-13.5 inches  inches
Crown Diameter approx: 4.45 inches
Hat Height approx: 5.5-6 inches
The hat can be made without the braids and just leave as with the earflaps.
Yarn used to crochet this hat – I used a ball of DK (Double Knit Yarn / Light Worsted / 8 ply – SEE BEST DEALS on Yarn HERE *af) )  I made 2 hats from 1 100grm ball of yarn)
Crochet Hook  = 4.00 mm (or a 4.50mm crochet hook if you want to make it slightly bigger)

Abbreviations 

st(s) – stitch
ss – slip stitch
sc – single crochet
dc – double crochet
sc2 tog – decrease single crochet (dec)
dc2 tog – decrease double crochet (dec)
chain 3 is not counted as a stitch, If Ch3 is leaving too much of a gap Change it to a ch2. Loosley

Pattern for Baby Hat with Earflaps:

Rnd 1: 12dc in 4th ch from hook, join with slipping into 3rd ch of start. (12 sts)
Rnd 2: Ch 3, *2dc in each st*, repeat from *to * around, dc in ss space, join using ss to top of ch3. (24sts)
Rnd 3: Ch 3, *2dc in next st, stitch, dc in next st*, repeat from *to * around, join with ss into top ch 3. (36sts)
Rnd 4: Ch 3, *2dc in next stitch, dc in next 2sts*, repeat from *to *, join with ss to top of ch 3 (48sts) (Measure CROWN WIDTH Across the Circle HERE = Approx – 4.45 inches
Rnd 5 to Rnd 10: Ch 3, dc in each stitch around, join using ss to top of ch3. DO NOT FASTEN OFF
How to crochet the Earflaps onto the Baby Hat

With the Right Side of the hat facing you, continue working in the same direction (the side seam of the hat will sit just behind the first earflap once made )

Row 1: Ch 1. dc in next 12dc. Ch 1, Turn
Row 2: 2dctog, dc in next 8 sts, 2dctog, the last two sc. Ch 1, Turn. (10sts)
Row 3: 2dctog, Sc in next 6 sts, 2dctog, the last two sc. Ch 1, TURN (8sts)
Row 4: 2dctog, Sc in next 4 sts, 2dctog, the last two sc. Ch 1, turn. (6sts)
Row 5: 2dctog, Sc in next 2 sts, 2dctog, the last two sc. Ch 1, turn. (4sts)
Row 6: Sc2tog over the last two sts. (2sts)

FASTEN OFF

Second Earflap:  continue with the front of the hat facing you! mark where your next earflap is going to be. 14 sts for the FRONT of the head between earflaps are unworked and 7 stitches for the BACK will be unworked from the side of the seam. (the side Seam will sit slightly OFF to the BACK of the HAT

NOTE: You will have a smaller opening for the back of the hat and a Wider one for the Front
Optional: Make a small pompom and attach it to the top of hat.
How to make the Crochet Braids:
(Please remember shorter braids or ties when making anything for a baby and acknowledge the potential risks of using ties)
Cut several lengths of yarn – to the desired length of what length you want the braids to be.
Take a loop, through the middle of the bottom of the earflap and pull through another end of lengths, Pull to secure and braid.
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  1. Do you have instructions for18-24 months size?

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