Every newborn baby needs a hat to help keep them warm. I designed this hat as a gift for a pregnant friend who is expecting a baby boy later this year.
It’s a simple Stockinette stitch hat with rolled brim, but I used beautiful, hand-dyed yarn to make it special. The rolled brim is perfect for a baby’s hat because it can be rolled up or down as much as needed to fit the baby’s head. I chose a superwash merino wool1 so it would be nice and soft against the baby’s delicate skin and easy to launder.
When finished, this hat is approximately 12″ in circumference unstretched, but it will stretch to fit up to a 16″ head circumference. Thus the hat should fit a newborn to a 3-month-old baby.2 To make your own newborn hat, download my pattern:
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