Relief Share – Knitted baby hat pattern for newborn – free, fun, quick, easy!
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Relief Share – Knitted baby hat pattern for newborn – free, fun, quick, easy!
Baby hats are so easy! All you do is cast on 60 stitches on size 7 circular needles – mine are 16″ circulars and knit for 5 1/2″ to 6″ then decrease.
The decrease is done by knitting the 8th stitches together, then knit the next row then knitting the 7th stitches together, then knit the next row then knitting the 6th stitches together, then knit the next row then knitting the 5th stitches together, then knit the next row then knitting the 4th stitches together, then knit the next row then knitting the 3th stitches together, then knit the next row then knitting the 2th stitches together, then knit the next row then cut the thread long and thread a yarn needle. Run the yarn through the last few stitches and pull tight. Weave in the end. Voila! Done!
Here is a hat I finished last night. Instead of doing the top of the hat in the pattern above, I used the last few stitches to knit an icord and then knotted it. Sometimes I will do an icord loop. These hats are fun, quick and easy to knit and the hospital and homeless shelters love them.
If you knit your hats in purple and donate them, you are honoring the ‘prevent shaken baby syndrome’ effort. This is a serious problem and a simple purple hat can help hospitals work with new parents to stop this growing trend that is hurting little ones.
If you have a picture of a baby hat you did you would like to share – please email your picture to info@reliefshare.org with the pattern and we would be happy to include it on our blog.
All of us working together creates a synergy that blesses the lives of the babies we love so much and bonds us together in friendship and purpose.
If you would love to share some of your yarn stash with the volunteers to knit and crochet baby hats, cocoons, afghans and layettes – please send your donation to Relief Share, 6078 Lundy Rd, Houston, MO 65483-2225.
All donations are tax deductible. Share the love 
Hugs
Carol Green
President
ReliefShare.org
3 Comments
November 6th, 2011 at 1:27 AM
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December 1st, 2011 at 7:09 PM
I have been knitting 8″ squares of acrylic or a blend with some wool for blankets. Do you accept just the squares and have someone who will sew them together? My vision is not the best.
Martha
December 2nd, 2011 at 5:37 PM
Thank you so much, Martha. We have wonderful volunteers who would be happy assemble them. It is our combined work that makes miracles happen.
Hugs
Carol Green
President/Founder
ReliefShare.org