Make your own hat design without having to make the hat base!
Skill Level
Beginner
Sizes Included
1-3 lb: 8.5-9″ circumference, 3.5-4″ length
3-5 lb: 11-11.5″ circumference, 4-5″ length
6-8 lb: 12-12.5″ circumference, 5-6″ length
9-11 lb (Newborn): 13-14″ circumference, 6-6.5″ length
*These are our finished measurements. If yours doesn't fit within these measurements, please check your gauge.
Materials
Extra soft light worsted weight yarn
- We recommend Sensations, Cuddle Muffin.
- 1-3 lb: about 17 yards of yarn
- 3-5 lb: about 34 yards of yarn
- 6-8 lb: about 43 yards of yarn
- 9-11 lb (Newborn): about 51 yards of yarn
G-6 (4.00mm) crochet hook
Fabric scissors
Yarn needle, to weave ends
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Gauge
4 dc stitches x 2 1/2 rows is 1″
*Change the hook size to obtain the gauge.
Notes
- Start in the same stitch as chain.
Abbreviations/Stitches Used
st(s) | stitch(es)
ch | chain
dc | double crochet
*This pattern is written in American Crochet Terms.
1-3 lb Preemie Hat
ch 3
Round 1: 11 dc in 3rd ch from hook, join in top of first dc (11 dc sts)
Round 2: ch 2, 2 dc in each st around, join in top of first dc (22 dc sts)
Round 3: ch 2, 2 dc in first st, dc in next st, *2 dc in next st, dc in next st* repeat * to * around, join in top of first dc (33 dc sts)
Rounds 4-7: ch 2, dc in each st around, join in top of first dc (33 dc sts)
Round 8: ch 2, dc in each st around, join in top of first dc, cut yarn, fasten off, weave ends (33 dc sts)
3-5 lb Preemie Hat
ch 3
Round 1: 11 dc in 3rd ch from hook, join in top of first dc (11 dc sts)
Round 2: ch 2, 2 dc in each st around, join in top of first dc (22 dc sts)
Round 3: ch 2, 2 dc in first st, dc in next st, *2 dc in next st, dc in next st* repeat * to * around, join in top of first dc (33 dc sts)
Round 4: ch 2, 2 dc in first st, dc in next 4 sts, *2 dc in next st, dc in next 4 sts* repeat * to * around, 2 dc in next st, dc in next 2 sts, join in top of first dc (41 dc sts)
Rounds 5-9: ch 2, dc in each st around, join in top of first dc (41 dc sts)
Round 10: ch 2, dc in each st around, join in top of first dc, cut yarn, fasten off, weave ends (41 dc sts)
6-8 lb Preemie Hat
ch 3
Round 1: 11 dc in 3rd ch from hook, join in top of first dc (11 dc sts)
Round 2: ch 2, 2 dc in each st around, join in top of first dc (22 dc sts)
Round 3: ch 2, 2 dc in first st, dc in next st, *2 dc in next st, dc in next st* repeat * to * around, join in top of first dc (33 dc sts)
Round 4: ch 2, 2 dc in first st, dc in next 2 sts, *2 dc in next st, dc in next 2 sts* repeat * to * around, join in top of first dc (43 dc sts)
Rounds 5-11: ch 2, dc in each st around, join in top of first dc (43 dc sts)
Round 12: ch 2, dc in each st around, join in top of first dc, cut yarn, fasten off, weave ends (43 dc sts)
9-11 lb Newborn Hat
ch 3
Round 1: 11 dc in 3rd ch from hook, join in top of first dc (11 dc sts)
Round 2: ch 2, 2 dc in each st around, join in top of first dc (22 dc sts)
Round 3: ch 2, 2 dc in first st, dc in next st, *2 dc in next st, dc in next st* repeat * to * around, join in top of first dc (33 dc sts)
Round 4: ch 2, 2 dc in first st, dc in next 2 sts, *2 dc in next st, dc in next 2 sts* repeat * to * around, join in top of first dc (44 dc sts)
Round 5: ch 2, 2 dc in first st, dc in next 21 sts, 2 dc in next st, dc in next 21 sts, join in top of first dc (46 dc sts)
Rounds 6-12: ch 2, dc in each st around, join in top of first dc (46 dc sts)
Round 13: ch 2, dc in each st around, join in top of first dc, cut yarn, fasten off, weave ends (46 dc sts)
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