Easy Newborn Hat

If you are new to knitting, give this easy newborn hat knitting pattern a try. The technique from M.E.H. Designs shows you how to gather a simple knit square into a tube for the hat. Two strands of yarn are knit together for a pretty look that is simple to achieve. This hat knitting pattern fits newborns to babies of 3 months, but can be adjusted for bigger sizes once you get the hang of the technique. This baby hat knitting pattern can also be used to make a play hat for your child's baby doll.
 

Materials:

• Knitting worsted yarn, (Red Heart Super Saver, pink and cream)
• Knitting needles, size 8mm (US 11)
• Darning needle

Gauge is not important in this design.

Instructions:

1. Working with 2 strands of yarn, as though they were one, Cast on 14 stitches. Knit across the row.
    
2. Knit across every row, until the rectangle measures 12 inches long.
   
   
    
3. Cast off, leaving a long yarn end.
    
4. Thread the yarn end into a darning needle.
    
5. Fold the rectangle in half, and sew up the seam to form a tube. Secure at the corner with a few stitches, then weave the darning needle through one open end of the hat to form the top. Gather tightly, and take a few stitches to secure.

(Fold in half.)

(Sew to form a tube.)


(Weave through the top of the hat)

(Gather tightly and secure.)

(Finished top of the hat)

(If the hole in the center of the hat is a bit large, take a few stitches back and forth to fill it.)

Make the Cords (Optional)

Cast on 50 stitches, cast off. Weave the yarn ends into the finished chain. Pass through a few stitches of the hat, and tie into a bow.

Embellish your hat with buttons, or the cord bows.