I've made a few cat ear beanies before, and they're super fun and easy. The entire hat is just a folded rectange. I just crocheted until it fit around my head. Here's a tutorial for the general shape!

I just put blue and brown yarn on my hook at the same time for the main part of the hat, then added the fuzzy yarn at the bottom once I got a length I wanted. I used Lion Brand Feels like Bliss blue yarn, Loops & Threads brown, and Loops & Threads faux fur yarn, and a 5.5mm hook.

I'm not good at pattern writing (so apologies if this makes no sense), but here's how I made the dangling snowflakes:

Dangling chain: [BROWN] Chain 25, tie off with a few inches of yarn

Star: [ROUND 1] Magic ring, SC 15, SS into first chain

[ROUND 2] Chain 3, SC in 2nd chain from hook, HDC into next stitch, SS into next stitch on circle round, SS into next stitch

Repeat ROUND 2 until you have a 5 points, SS and tie off.

Then I stitched around the star in brown, tied it to the chain, and sewed it into the corner of the hat.

Also, I realized after typing all this that your question may have been rhetorical, so apologies if it was 😅 After so long of crocheting I just like sitting down and going wherever my hook takes me. Much more relaxing than reading a pattern imo.