This hat was made as a gift for the daughter of my dear friend, Jon. Jon posted a picture of a pink hat on Facebook and mentioned that Elaina would look adorable in it. I happened to agree, so I thought I would make one for her. It took me a while to decide how to do the earflaps and bottom stripe. I like those to be doubled for warmth. I finally decided to start with the cord at the bottom of the earflaps, and make both of them in the round. Then I made the first stripe, and added the ear flaps. Both the ear flaps and the bottom stripe are 2 layers thick, so Elaina’s adorable little head will be nice and warm. I decided this hat is so cute that her mom needed one in her favorite colors, so I wrote the pattern for kiddos and adults. PLUS: They glow in the dark!! Check out the notes section to see how.
