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!
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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.
Hi, I am doing this pattern right now, and so far, it looks normal, unlike my usual projects, so I think I am mostly doing it right. But I decided to start counting with my 4th row, and I just finished the 4th row, and have 39 dc’s instead of 36. Do you happen to know why? Thanks.
Hi Courtney, I would suggest starting to count at round 1. It’s easier to determine where you messed up if you count every round.
Thanks, yeah, I just started it over, and so far the 1st and 2nd rounds have the right count. I’m just starting to try and get the hang of following patterns….Ty
This pattern looks great with Bernat Baby Coordinates. It stretches enough to fit any newborn’s head and the yarn is gorgeous. Great pattern. Made it for my 3-week old daughter in all pastel baby colors. She looks great.
Thanks for the pattern. Simple and perfect!!
i dont understand you just keep going around and never turning.
Yes, that is right Kerry.
Rachel, I am in love with this pattern!!! Thank you so much for sharing. I am a volunteer at our local hospital and I am making these for the babies in the nurcery. My only problem is the pattern is great for the smaller babies but for the 8 lb and bigger I need to make some bigger ones. I was wondering if you have made this to be bigger. I bought the pattern for the Family beanies for the different sizes but with the single crochet they come out not as soft for the babies. I am hoping I am making sence here…lol. I tried adding some stitches to this pattern but I must be doing something wrong. Any ideas on how to make it alittle bigger? Thanks so much for your help.
Hi Kimberly, just use a bigger hook. It will make the stitches looser. Also, if you want a softer hat, you can use a softer yarn, like simply soft yarns or the brands that are made just for babies.
Hello, I just thought this was the cutest hat to make for my upcoming niece but was a little confused about row one. Do you twelve dc in one chain? Thank you
Yes Jessica.
On the rounds, do we just count the dc, or do we include the chain too to get for example 36 on round 3?
Chains are not counted as double crochets. Only the double crochets are counted as double crochets.
Okay thank you
, just got confused b/c some patterns in the books I have says to count the chain as the first dc, thanks for the help 
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