Sewing Project: A Helmet Cover with Ear Flaps (Shallow Thoughts)

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Wed, 21 Jan 2026

Sewing Project: A Helmet Cover with Ear Flaps

[the author on a bike, wearing a bike helmet covered with a blue and tan cloth cover, not completely finished, with fleece ear-warmers attached] With the weather getting cold, I need a way to keep my ears warm while biking.

Many years ago, I had some fleece earwarmers that velcroed around a helmet strap. I bought them in a bike store and they worked wonderfully, but I've been unable to find anything quite like them online. I've knitted triangular cozies to go over a helmet strap, but they don't stay up, so they sag and don't cover my ears.

I tried making something like that, but they didn't come out well,

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