Friday, August 24, 2012

Granny Stitch Preemie Baby Hat

My latest baby hat for the Solider's Angels California Baby Shower.


Yarn: Caron Simply Soft
in Orchid and Grey Heather
Hook: 4.25mm

Base Hat Pattern: Granny Stitch Sun Hat by My Merry Messy Life
The pattern is for a 3-6 month old baby so I adjusted the pattern down to fit a newborn.

Round 1: stop at 9 hdc instead of 11
Work the rest of the pattern as stated
Round 2: ends with 18 hdc total
Round 3: ends with 24 hdc total

Note: when I changed to the grey color on the Granny Square Stitch part, I actually turned and stitched the other way. It was the only way to get the stitched into the right spaces. :)

I ended up with a hat that measures:
Circumference: 11in
Height: 4in


The pattern states to fasten off and join for each color change but I didn't want to weave in all those ends so I carried the yarn along the back. I don't think it looks too bad so I'm sticking to it.

Because this hat came out so small and is for a newborn, I didn't want to do a big floppy brim.
Instead I crochet on this easy Shell Edging pattern.
Round 1: 1 sc into each st and ch around
Round 2: 1 sc *skip 2 sc, 7 dc into next sc, skip 2 sc, 1 sc into the next sc*
repeat around



The hat is cute but needs a little embellishment so I crochet this Teeny Tiny Flower and added a grey button in the center because the flower gets lost a little without it.




Finished and so cute!!! I need to make more boy baby hats now so stay tuned. :p

Update:
Sara from My Merry Messy Life honored me by asking me to link this post onto her Link Party, so I did. :) Please check it out. :) She has lots of very cute patterns. :)


She is so sweet...she also featured this post on her Sunday Fan Tribute Post! I hope you guys go check it out! :)

2 comments:

  1. This is adorable! I just love how you took my pattern and created something beautiful with it that suited your needs. Thank you for crediting me :) and stopping by my site to tell me about it!! I have a link party for the fiber arts where I'd love to have you link this up! http://www.mymerrymessylife.com/2012/08/hookin-on-hump-day-11-link-party-for.html

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thank you for asking and your nice comments. :) Done and done. :)

      Delete