This is a hat that I created with the springtime baby in mind. Regia Bamboo is nice and light, yet warm enough to keep a newborn snug. (Click picture to enlarge.)A trouble with newborn hats is that they often do not stay on. Regia Bamboo is not very stretchy, which added a challenge. This is worked in a wide rib to account for both problems, and the hat looks just as cute with the cuff up as it does with the cuff down, so it will grow with the baby.
Please let me know if you find errors in the pattern. Also, if you happen to knit this, please send me a picture! I'd love to see it!
Yarn: Regia Bamboo, or other fingering weight yarn. I got the hat and a pair of booties out of the one 50 gram skein, and still have a bunch left over. (The pattern is just for the hat. You can find the pattern for Christine's Baby Booties here.)
Needles: size 1 circular needle, 32". I knit this using the magic loop technique, but you can also use DPN's instead.
Size: newborn, but very stretchy, and it can be cuffed or not to accommodate different sized heads.
Rib pattern: K 4, p 2
CO 90 sts and join in the round, being careful not to twist.
Knit in rib pattern for 5".
Decrease round: *k2tog, k2, p2. Repeat from * around.
Next 2 rounds: *k3, p2. Repeat from * around.
Dec round: *k1, ktog, p2. Repeat from * around.
Next 2 rounds: *k2, p2. Repeat from * around.
Dec round: *k2tog, p2. Repeat from * around.
Next 2 rounds: *k1, p2. Repeat from * around.
Dec round: *k1, p2tog. Repeat from * around.
Next 6 rounds: *k1, p1. Repeat from * around.
Dec round: *k2tog, p2tog. Repeat from * around.
Dec round: *k1, p1. Repeat from * around until last stitch. Knit last stitch together with 1st stitch of next round.
Next 6 rounds: *k1, p1. Repeat from * around.
Dec round: k2tog around (7 stitches remain)
Next 4 rounds: knit
Use darning needle to pull yarn through 7 remaining stitches twice, and pull tight. Weave in all ends. Crochet loops on top if desired. (I have 5 loops of 10 stitch chains.)
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