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Got a question about the instructions? Leave a comment! Hook G, 4mm Yarn - #3 Baby Gauge, approx 4.5 dc per 1 Crown: 12 dc in slip ring, increase 12 dc each for rows 2 & 3 (Row 2, increase on every other stitch of row 1. Row 3 increase every 3rd stitch of row 2). End rows 1-3 with sl st & ch2. Larger hat, adjust 4th row to 46 dc as base to make 12 shells for 12.5 circumference. Smaller hat, adjust 4th row to 42 dc as base to make 11 shells for 11.5 circumference. Shells Row 1: sc, *sk 1, 3 dc, sk 1, sc. Continue around from *, end row with 3 dc in the sc that began the row. Row 2: sc in center dc of first 3dc cluster of row 1, sk 1dc, 3 dc in sc of previous row, continue additional rows without joining so that the center of each shell is stitched in the sc between shells of the previous row. Continue till hat is the size you want, add rows for turn up brim if desired. Newborn Hat Size Range: Circumference 11.5 to 13 Hat Height 5.5 to 6 Laid Flat 5 to 6 Read less
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Bernat Softee Baby, G Hook 4mm Crown: 12 dc in slip ring, increase 12 dc each for rows 2 & 3 (Row 2, increase on every other stitch of row 1. Row 3 increase every 3rd stitch of row 2). End rows 1-3 with sl st & ch2. Larger hat, adjust 4th row to 46 dc as base to make 12 shells for 12.5 circumference. Shells Row 1: sc, *sk 1, 3 dc, sk 1, sc. Continue around from *, end row with 3 dc in the sc that began the row. Continue till hat is the size you want, add rows for turn up brim if desired.Continue till hat is the size you want, add rows for turn up brim if desired. Newborn Hat Size Range: 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 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. 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: ***
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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. 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.
