Create your own cat-ear earflap hat. A solid-color folded rectangular cat-ear hat with two separately made tapered earflaps sewn to the brim, centered on the side seams. No ties or buttons.

DIGITAL CROCHET PATTERN ONLY. No finished hat, yarn, hooks or other physical materials are included.

Included: one printable 4-page English PDF using US crochet terms, with materials, gauge, three adult size options S/M/L, stitch-count checkpoints, assembly and adjustment guidance. Skill level: intermediate assembly.

Sizing: Head targets 50 (55, 60) cm. Main hat circumference approximately 46.3 (50, 53.8) cm. Main depth approximately 22.1 (22.9, 24.3) cm. Each flap starts about 6.7 (7.8, 8.9) cm wide.

Materials: Worsted resilient yarn: slate blue body and ivory flaps, initial combined allowance 145 (175, 205) g; 5.0 mm hook. Yarn quantities are planning allowances, not measured usage.

Development edition: not yet physically crocheted or fit tested. Gauge, fit and stretch must be checked on a physical sample before release. Listing images are realistic mockup visualizations of the proposed design, not photographs of completed crochet samples.