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This free knitting pattern for a quick and easy baby hat includes 0-3 months, 3-6 months, 6-12 months and 1-2 year sizes. Using only knit, purl and k2tog, this is an easy pattern, great for a beginning knitter, or for a quick knit in front of the TV. It would make a great present for a new baby or knitted up for charity.
I really love charity knitting – it gives me an excuse to knit, but more importantly it is helping out those in need – and not necessarily because they cannot afford clothing themselves, sometimes just to know someone cares.
Several years ago, my home city, Christchurch in New Zealand, was hit by a massive earthquake. The destruction was something from nightmares. One of the things that still makes me smile is my son, who was about 5 at the time, coming home from school with a knitted hat. Someone (and I wish I knew who!) had organised for lots of knitters to make hats for the children in Christchurch and thousands of children received them. Now, it wasn’t that my son needed a hat (he has a knitter for a mum, of course!) but he needed to know people cared. He was so proud of that hat, that a stranger had been thinking of him and what we were all going through and had taken the time to make it for him. Even now, 7 years on, he still has that hat stashed away in his cupboard.
Materials:
8ply/DK yarn and 4 mm knitting needles (US size 6, UK size 8)
Fits 0-3 Months
Cast on 73 sts
Row 1: (k2, p2) x 18, k last st
Row 2: p 1 (k2, p2) x 18
Work these two rows 12 times (24 rows of rib in total)
Starting with a p row, st-st 25 rows
Shape crown:
Row 1: k1, (k2tog, k7) x 8 (65 sts)
Row 2: p row
Row 3: k1, (k2tog, k6) x 8 (57 sts)
Row 4: p row
Row 5: k1, (k2tog, k5) x 8 (49 sts)
Row 6: p row
Row 7: k1, (k2tog, k4) x 8 (41 sts)
Row 8: p row
Row 9: k1, (k2tog, k3) x 8 (33 sts)
Row 10: p row
Row 11: k1, (k2tog, k2) x 8 (25 sts)
Row 12: p row
Row 13: k1, (k2tog, k1) x 8 (17 sts)
Row 14: p row
Row 15: k1, (k2tog) x 8 (9 sts)
Fits 3-6 months
Cast on 81 sts
Row 1: (k2, p2) x 20, k last st
Row 2: p 1 (k2, p2) x 20
Work these two rows 12 times (24 rows of rib in total)
Starting with a p row, st-st 25 rows
Shape crown:
Row 1: k1, (k2tog, k8) x8 (73 sts)
Row 2: p row
Row 3: k1, (k2tog, k7) x 8 (65 sts)
Row 4: p row
Row 5: k1, (k2tog, k6) x 8 (57 sts)
Row 6: p row
Row 7: k1, (k2tog, k5) x 8 (49 sts)
Row 8: p row
Row 9: k1, (k2tog, k4) x 8 (41 sts)
Row 10: p row
Row 11: k1, (k2tog, k3) x 8 (33 sts)
Row 12: p row
Row 13: k1, (k2tog, k2) x 8 (25 sts)
Row 14: p row
Row 15: k1, (k2tog, k1) x 8 (17 sts)
Row 16: p row
Row 17: k1, (k2tog) x 8 (9 sts)
Fits 6-12 months
Cast on 89 sts
Row 1: (k2, p2) x 22, k last st
Row 2: p 1 (k2, p2) x 22
Work these two rows 15 times (30 rows of rib in total)
Starting with a p row, st-st 31 rows
Shape crown:
Row 1: k1(k2tog, k9) x 8 (81 sts)
Row 2: p row
Row 3: k1, (k2tog, k8) x8 (73 sts)
Row 4: p row
Row 5: k1, (k2tog, k7) x 8 (65 sts)
Row 6: p row
Row 7: k1, (k2tog, k6) x 8 (57 sts)
Row 8: p row
Row 9: k1, (k2tog, k5) x 8 (49 sts)
Row 10: p row
Row 11: k1, (k2tog, k4) x 8 (41 sts)
Row 12: p row
Row 13: k1, (k2tog, k3) x 8 (33 sts)
Row 14: p row
Row 15: k1, (k2tog, k2) x 8 (25 sts)
Row 16: p row
Row 17: k1, (k2tog, k1) x 8 (17 sts)
Row 18: p row
Row 19: k1, (k2tog) x 8 (9 sts)
Fits 1-2 years
Cast on 97 sts
Row 1: (k2, p2) x 24, k last st
Row 2: p 1 (k2, p2) x 24
Work these two rows 15 times (30 rows of rib in total)
Starting with a p row, st-st 31 rows
Shape crown:
Row 1: k1(k2tog, k10) x 8 (89 sts)
Row 2: p row
Row 3: k1(k2tog, k9) x 8 (81 sts)
Row 4: p row
Row 5: k1, (k2tog, k8) x8 (73 sts)
Row 6: p row
Row 7: k1, (k2tog, k7) x 8 (65 sts)
Row 8: p row
Row 9: k1, (k2tog, k6) x 8 (57 sts)
Row 10: p row
Row 11: k1, (k2tog, k5) x 8 (49 sts)
Row 12: p row
Row 13: k1, (k2tog, k4) x 8 (41 sts)
Row 14: p row
Row 15: k1, (k2tog, k3) x 8 (33 sts)
Row 16: p row
Row 17: k1, (k2tog, k2) x 8 (25 sts)
Row 18: p row
Row 19: k1, (k2tog, k1) x 8 (17 sts)
Row 20: p row
Row 21: k1, (k2tog) x 8 (9 sts)
