Loom Knit: Earflaps Part 1 Start Earflaps

Learn how to make loom knit earflaps on hats or beanie aka hanging down triangles! Kristen of GoodKnitKisses shows you how to make them with the half stitch HS technique and the HH or Half hitch in a garter pattern. Jump to Part 2 after and learn how to connect them.

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[GoodKnitKisses]

@kittylove012 since you are grafting on live loops to a finished end it might do well with a Kitchener stitch. I have a video on that. :) YouTube won't let me put in a link but visit my channel under the playlist for techniques. Look for Kitchener stitch. I hope that helps!

[Supgabe72]

can you do a circular ear flap instead of triangular pleaseeee i subbed yoou!! it would be super duper helpfulll

[GoodKnitKisses]

@Supgabe72 I haven't planned on making that kind but you can start this same one with 3 or 4 stitches and go from there to the 8. try that and see of that helps. to make it longer just an an extra row between each increase row more than I show. Hope that helps! (This is just a hobby for me so I'm not able to take many special request like this without planning way in advance, I work full time). Happy Looming! -Kristen

[courtneycampbell]

o was just wondering how you start the ear flap with the 12 inch cord already made? also do you do the same amount of stitches for the child size hat?

[GoodKnitKisses]

@courtneycampbell cast on with 1 slip knot. crap the peg to the right once and then wrap the first peg once. knit over. you have casted on two stitches. Then wrap the second peg once and knit over. go back and forth between these two pegs wrapping once and knitting over until you hit 12" long. Then just follow the above video. repeat for the next earflap and then watch the second video on how to connect them. If you use this for a larger size you may need 2 move the earflaps 2 pegs back.

[blyjette]

Thank you so much for posting all of these videos! It makes it much easier and more fun! :-D

[GoodKnitKisses]

@blyjette wonderful I'm so glad! :-) Happy Looming!! -Kristen

[kittylove012]

@GoodKnitKisses Thank you! I was wondering also what is the purpose of decreasing the crown on a hat?

Thank you

[kittylove012]

I am having trouble attaching my earflaps, I followed this this vid until the second one. I made them seperate pieces because I already have a hat I want to use. I tried to sew them on using yarn and the needle that comes with the looms. It did not look good, so I took it off. Can you give me some pointers on how I can do it better? Thank you.

[lacysorcas]

These are super I am learning sooooo much! So much knitting so little time! By the way have you done a double sided scarf? The kind where you have a different color on each side of the scarf. If not could you pretty please do one? You explain things so great I would love to see how you would do one like that!

[fayearv]

If I want to make a hat with ear flaps for a 5yr old girl, should I use the red loom (2nd smallest)? Also, the ear flaps are they always the same size or is the size on your video for a baby and I should make them bigger (add more rows, wider and longer)?

Thanks for your video it's great!

[alijmatthews]

Kristen, thanks for your tutorials. They are so helpful. If I'm following correctly, both earflaps should be 8 pegs wide when complete? Do you then leave an equal number of pegs in front/back between the flaps?

[SamiiNicole0310]

@6:50 Mine does it and it makes me so mad. So before I start I push them all down really tight, then again maybe once or twice more my project. It may add 5- 10 minutes to your project time but ever since I starting doing it really haven't had any problems and It saves you from trying to have to fix it if the yarn comes off the peg.