Free Crochet Pattern: Basic Preemie Hat
By Rachel – 9 Comments| Lots of people love to donate hats for preemies to charities and hospitals. Here is a basic, simple pattern that works up very fast. It leaves room for a lot of your own creativity and imagination. Feel free to change colors and decorate as you desire. Although preemies come in all sorts of tiny sizes, this hat should fit most, as the bottom can fold up to just the right length and depending on the type of yarn you use it can stretch. |  |
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Finished Size: 4″ (10 cm) tall, 4 1/2″ (11.5 cm) wide when flat
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Materials: Medium Weight Yarn (small amount) Crochet Hook H (5.50 mm) |
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Crochet Pattern: Preemie Hat
Round 1: ch 3, 6 hdc in third ch from hook, place marker: 6 hdc
Round 2: 2 hdc in each hdc around: 12 hdc
Round 3: (2 hdc in next hdc, hdc in next hdc) around: 18 hdc
Round 4: (2 hdc in next hdc, hdc in next 2 hdc) around: 24 hdc
Round 5: (2 hdc in next hdc, hdc in next 3 hdc) around: 30 hdc
Round 6: (2 hdc in next hdc, hdc in next 4 hdc) around: 36 hdc
Round 7 – 14: hdc in each hdc around: 36 hdc
Finish off.
If you need help with this preemie hat pattern, let me know and I’ll be glad to help!
Thank you very much! I have visited your site before, I believe for the easter egg pattern ;0 you are very kind to share this, I actually will make it for a baby that was born way too soon, his mother cant’ find him anything that fits him at any store
Rachel
This Will Come in Quite HAndy When My Son & His Gf Have My New Grandson This Coming September,Grandma Can’t Wait to Meet Her New Little Man
Dottie In Va
Congrats on having a new grandson!!! How exciting
Hello Rachel,
Just the perfect pattern just at the right time! Thank you! My friend has just given birth to a tiny little baby boy. I tried one premie hat pattern but that was too big. Hopefully this one will fit him!
Many thanks again
Misha
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I just need the first step explained a little better, I think once I get through the first step I will be fine. I really need to be able to make a preemie hat and hopefully booties soon because my son was born 2 months early and he needs a hat and booties that fit him to keep him warm so he can go home soon. if you can please explain the first step a little more I would greatly appreciate it, I haven’t really made anything with a pattern before so patterns are still a little confusing to me still.
Hi Tabitha, check out the examples in this post: How to Read Crochet Patterns They are really similar to the first round of this pattern and have detailed explanations for them.
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Thank you for reminding me about this great project. Today, I went to a local bar with my husband. The lady bartender was very nice. I showed her a couple crochet projects that I have done and she called another lady over and they both commented on how crafty I was. The second lady told me she knew how to crochet and loved to make baby hats. Since she just retired from the post office she said she needed something to do. She also told me, with a tear in her eye, how she lost all of her yarn and crochet books when the Mississippi River flooded in 2008. I told her that maybe we should start up a crochet group and meet there at the bar. There was another lady there who told me how she would like to join. So, we are going to get together in two weeks and see how it goes. And now, that bars in Iowa are smoke free, it’s a great place to meet. I will keep you posted.