To Love a Child Hat Pattern

I designed a newborn hat pattern for the charity To Love A Child. They put together “Bundles of Love” birthing kits for women in Haiti and Zimbabwe. Keeping newborns warm can save their lives and I dream that hats made from this pattern can give babies a better start to life.

It will soon be available through Ravelry as well.

To Love A Child Hat

by Suzanne Morrison Gauvreau

Supplies:

Worted weight yarn

Size 7 double pointed needles (dpn)

Stitch marker (optional)

Darning needle

Measuring tape

Cast 60 stitches onto one dpn

Slip the stitches on to three needles with 20 stitches on each needle

Join the round being careful not to twist

Knit until the hat measures 5 inches from the cast on edge

Decreasing

Row 1: *knit 8 stitches, knit 2 stitches together* repeat until the end of the round

Row 2: knit

Row 3: *knit 7, k2tog* repeat until the end of the round

Row 4: knit

Row 5: *knit 6, k2tog* repeat until the end of the round

Row 6: knit

Row 7: *knit 5, k2tog* repeat until the end of the round

Row 8: *knit 4, k2tog* repeat until the end of the round

Row 9: *knit 3, k2tog* repeat until the end of the round

Row 10: *knit 2, k2tog* repeat until the end of the round

Row 11: *knit 1, k2tog* repeat until the end of the round

Row 12: *k2tog* repeat until the end of the round

Cut a 12 inch tail and thread the darning needle.

Slip the remaining stitches onto the needle.

Pull the tail to tighten the stitches and close the hole.

Weave the end on the inside of the hat.

Weave in the tail from the cast on.

This pattern is for personal and charity use only. It may not be copied or sold.

The hats made from this pattern may not be sold.

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