[Nfb-krafters-korner] man's hat with ear flaps?

[Cathy Flesher]

Hi Henry and Linda,

I found a free ear flat hat pattern on a blog using revelry.com. 
The red loom mentioned is a 31-peg loom for a child.
Of course you may not wish to make a bumblebee hat, but you can adjust this
pattern to your liking.

hopefully this will help.
free pattern found at
http://rowena.typepad.com/rostitchery/2005/11/im_a_knifty_kni.html
bumblebee hat 

you need:  1 ball of yellow yarn, 1 ball of black yarn, the red knifty
knitter loom, loom tool, tapestry needle
time:  this one took about 4 hours, the next one took only 3--an easy
evening's work
use two strands of yarn held together for each color.
BRIM: with the black yarn, e-wrap and knit 8 rounds.  drop black yarn but do
not cut.
FIRST EAR FLAP:  count 6 pegs to the left of the holding peg, then using the
yellow yarn *make a 3-peg I-cord (see below for instructions).  i made this
cord 30 rows long, about 9", this is long enough to tie under the chin.
then e-wrap and knit one row (3 stitches).  increase one stitch at the
beginning and end of the next 3 rows (see below for instructions), giving
you 9 stitches.  e-wrap and knit 5 rows even, then cut yarn leaving a 4"
tail.*
SECOND EAR FLAP:  count 9 pegs to the right of the holding peg, then repeat
above between *'s.
this picture shows the ear flaps being made on another hat, thus different
colors (click to view enlargement):
 
BODY OF HAT:  starting back at the beginning peg and using the yellow yarn,
e-wrap one row, then knit.  when you get to the ear flaps, knit 1 over 2
(black loop over both yellow loops).  e-wrap another row, knit, this time
when you get to the ear flaps, knit 2 over 1 (ear flap loops will now be
knit into the hat).
e-wrap and knit a total of 4 rows yellow, then pick up the black yarn and
e-wrap and knit two rows black.  repeat two more times, for a total of three
bands of yellow/black.  end with 4 more rows of yellow.
HINT #1--as i am wrapping the pegs, i wrap around the loose ends of yarn
that i cut when i made the flaps.  i do this for several rows then i snip
the remainder of the yarn tail--the weaving in is now all done!
HINT #2--i don't cut the yarn when i change colors--i carry it inside the
hat and pick it up when needed.  i do twist the colors together when
changing so that there is not gap.
REMOVING FROM LOOM:  take hat off the loom with the gathering bind off.  
FINISHING:  with two strands of black yarn, make an I-cord 12" long.  fold
it into two loops for wings and sew to top of hat.
if these instructions are not clear, please feel free to ask questions--this
is the first knitting pattern I've ever written, so I'm pretty sure I'm not
good at it yet.  :)


Have a great day!!
Cathy F