Crochet Baby Earflap hat

I made this cute crochet hat for my baby to keep her ears warm! She looked so cozy and warm wearing it.

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Supplies:

G hook
Yarn needle
Cream and pink yarn

Abbreviations:

ch=chain

sc=single crochet

dc=double crochet

sl st=slip stitch

dc2tog=double crochet 2 together

Baby - 3 to 6 months, Head Cir, 14" - 17 ", Hat height= 6.5 - 7"= E hook

Instructions:

E hook, Cream and pink sparkle yarn

ch 5- slip stitch to form a ring,

rnd 1. ch 3, 11 dc in ring, join with sl st. on top of ch 3. -12 sts.

rnd 2. ch 2, dc in same st. as joining, 2dc in each st. around. join with sl st on top of chain 2. -24 sts.
rnd 3. ch 2 counts as the first stitch, *2dc in next st., dc in the next stitch, repeat from *around, join with sl st. -36 sts.

rnd 4. ch 2, dc in the next st., 2dc in the next st., *dc in the next two stitches, 2dc in the next stitch, repeat from *around, join with sl st. -48 sts.

rnd 5. ch 2, dc in the next two sts., 2dc in the next st., *dc in the next three stitches, 2dc in the next stitch, repeat from *around, join with sl st. -60 sts.

rnd 6. *ch 2, dc in each st around, join sl st., *repeat. continue until the hat reaches 6.5 inches, sl st. fasten off. (if this is a smaller size the length will be shorter, look above for sizes and what hook to use.)

Ear flaps:

Make 2

E hook

1st ear flap, you can slip stitch onto the side of the hat with your cream yarn, begin the dc stitches, (like to have the seam in the back of the hat, so I do the ear flap on the side of the hat)

2nd flap, fold hat in half and sl st in dc directly across from the last dc from the other ear flap. follow directions below for both ear flaps.

ch 2. dc in the next 11 dc stitches, turn. -11 sts

ch 2. dc2tog. dc in the next 6 stitches. dc2tog. dc in the last st. turn. -9 sts
ch 2. dc2tog, dc in the next 4 stitches. dc2tog. dc in the last st., turn. -7 sts
ch 2. dc2tog, dc in the next 2 stitches. dc2tog. dc in the last st. turn. -5 sts
ch 2. dc2tog twice, dc in last st. cut yarn and pull through -3 sts

The braid from the center of the ear flap at the bottom, attach two colors of yarn, pink and cream yarn, with a sl st in the center of the bottom of the ear flap and chain 30, and sl st it off and cut yarn.

sc around the edge of the hat with pink yarn. sl st, fasten off

Flower on hat: G hook, pink yarn,

Pink yarn ch 5, join round with sl st. rnd 1. 10 sc in the loop, join with the beginning sc with a sl st. rnd 2. sc in the same stitch, *ch 3, skip the next stitch, sc in the next st., *repeat until you have 5(3 chain spaces) rnd 3. 
*sl sl in the chain 3 space, ch 1, work 6 dc in the chain space 3, ch 1, sl st. in the previous sc, *repeat until you have 5(6 pedals) sl st.
Second pedals: Pink yarn rnd 4. *bpsc, ch 5, bpsc, ch 5, *repeat until you have 5(5 chain spaces) sl st in beg stitch. rnd 5. *ch 1, 9 dc in the chain 5 space, ch 1, sl st. in the previous sc, *repeat until you have 5(9 pedals) sl st to finish