Newborn Baby Hat

Newborn Baby Hat - with 2 different edgings
By Elisa Purnell

Copyright 2009

I created this hat for my local yarn shop's celebration of Knit (and Crochet) In Public Day. It's available as a free pattern for participants in the charity knitting/crocheting challenge to benefit Tender Life Maternity and Beanies4Buddies. If you use this pattern, please consider making a hat for charity too. (A printable pdf version of the pattern is available here.)

For both versions of the hat, work Rnds 1-6. Continue straight through for the picot trimmed hat (pictured above) or skip down for the shell edged version (pictured below).

Materials:

• Aran, worsted or light worsted weight yarn
• Size H hook

Gauge: 7 double crochet = 2”; 4 rows = 2”
Size: approx. 5" - 5.5" tall, and 5.25" - 5.75" across at the base.
Stitch Guide:

• Picot: chain 3, slip stitch in vertical bar and side bar of single crochet before chain 3.

Start here for both hats:
Chain 4, join with slip stitch in first chain to form ring.

Rnd 1:

• Chain 3, then make 15 double crochet inside ring.
• Join with slip stitch in top of beginning chain 3.

Rnd 2:

• Chain 3, double crochet in same stitch.
• * 1 double crochet in next double crochet , 2 double crochet in next double crochet ,
• repeat from * ending with 1 double crochet in last stitch. (24 stitches including chain 3)
• Join with a slip stitch in top of beginning chain 3.

Rnd 3:

• Repeat Rnd 2 (36 stitches including chain 3)

Rnds 4 - 6:

• Chain 3; double crochet in same stitch,
• Double crochet in each double crochet around,
• Join with a slip stitch in top of beginning chain 3. (Stitch count increases by 1 on each row.)

*** For Picot Edged Hat (pictured above) ***

Rnd 7: Working in Back Loop Only

• Chain 3; double crochet in same stitch,
• Double crochet in each double crochet around,
• Join with a slip stitch in top of beginning chain 3.

Rnd 8: Working in both loops

• Chain 3; double crochet in same stitch,
• Double crochet in each double crochet around,
• Join with a slip stitch in top of beginning chain 3.

Rnd 9 - 10:

• Repeat Rnd. 7 (working in back loop only)

Rnd 12:

• Chain 1; single crochet in same stitch
• *Single crochet in next 3 stitches
• Work Picot (see Stitch Guide above)
• Repeat from * around, ending with slip stitch in beginning chain 1. Fasten off.

*** For Shell Edged Hat: ***

Rnd 7- 10: Working in Back Loop Only

• Chain 3; double crochet in same stitch,
• Double crochet in each double crochet around,
• Join with a slip stitch in top of beginning chain 3.

Rnd 11: Still working in Back Loop Only

• Chain 3, 2 double crochet in same stitch,
• *Skip 2 double crochet, slip stitch in next double crochet,
• Skip 2 double crochet, 5 double crochet in next stitch,
• Repeat from * around, ending with 2 double crochet in same stitch as beginning chain 3. Fasten off.

Copyright 2009 by Elisa Purnell. This document is free for personal use and may be shared and distributed so long as it remains fully intact including this copyright notice, and no profit is made from its distribution or use. The pattern is intended for personal, charity or humanitarian use only. A lot of time and effort goes into producing patterns, even when they are “free”. Please respect the copyright.