Free Crochet Pattern: Newborn Baby Hat
| Here is another hat/beanie that is great to make and donate to charities, hospitals or someone in need. It is designed to fit an average newborn head, and although baby heads may vary in size, there is extra length at the bottom of this hat to fold up and should stretch depending on the yarn you use. Feel free to change colors and get creative with this basic hat! |  |
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Finished Size: 5 1/2″ (14 cm) tall, 6″ (15 cm) wide when flat
Note: hat is meant to stretch
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Materials: Medium Weight Yarn (small amount) Crochet Hook H (5.50 mm) |
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Gauge: Rounds 1 – 3 in pattern creates a circle that is 3 3/4″ in diameter
Crochet Pattern: Newborn Baby Hat
Round 1: ch 4, 12 dc in forth ch from hook, sl st in top of beg ch: 12 dc
Round 2: ch 3, 2 dc in each dc around, sl st in top of beg ch-3: 24 dc
Round 3: ch 3, (2 dc in next dc, dc in next dc) around, sl st in top of beg ch-3: 36 dc
Round 4 – 10: ch 3, dc in each dc around, sl st in top of beg ch-3: 36 dc
Finish off.
| You may also like to check out the Crochet Pattern: Family Beanie Set – 6 sizes. This pattern set has various beanies for you to crochet!
Be sure to check out the Crochet Spot Store for more hat and baby patterns! |
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Aww, perfect for all the new babies I’m going to meet this year. Thanks so much!
Rachel,
I like the babies hat pattern,but after the 10th round,do you finish it off and how do you?
Thank you,
Claire
Yup, you finish off after the last round. I normally just slip stitch in the next st, then cut the yarn and pull it through the slip stitch, then weave in the loose end.
I added a reverse single stitch to complete an ‘edge’. Gonna make a bunch! Thanks!
Okay… I think I’m having newby stitch counting failure.
For Round 1 – how does this add up to 12 stitches? I chained 4 – double crocheted in the first chain stitch and then did my slip stitch, when I count back I’m not finding 12. I must be missing something – any help would be great!
Hey Sara,
There should be 12 dc, because it says “12 dc in forth ch from hook”, those dc are one only dc that you’re counting. You don’t count the beginning chain as a stitch.
Oh! Duh! haha – thank you – knew I had to be missing something!
I stumbled across your pattern, and I’m really happy with the result! I’m expecting my baby in just a couple of weeks, and I think this will be perfect for coming home from the hospital–just what i was hoping for. Thanks!!
Hi Rachel,
I’d like to make this for my daughter who is 10 months old. How would I make it a bit bigger? I read somewhere else that you can use a larger hook size to increase the size of a hat pattern. Would that work in this case?
Thanks!
Hi Aubrey, yes you can use a bigger hook. Make sure that the circle created by round 1 – 3 is the circumference of your daughter’s head so that it will fit.