somehow missed the update of the pattern for larger sizes, adapted myself for my 10 year-old nephew…

yarn held double
CO 90 sts german twisted CO
3-in-1 tech join <3
worked according to pattern with:
back: K5+5 (10)
earflaps: K10 (27+27)
front: K26 (26)

16 garter ridges (=8,5cm)
8 rows plain st st (=11cm)
decreases: by 6 st every other row at three points
center back + sides
k2tog, k2, ssk
until 32 sts, then dec. every row until 16 sts

22,5 cm (w) x 20cm (h)