Preemie Hats

A knitting pattern By Carissa Browning

Materials: Small amounts of sport-weight soft, washable yarn in pastels, or colors of your choice US3 (3.25mm !ouble-pointe! nee!les "apestry nee!le #auge: $.5 to % sts & 'in (2.5(cm , !epen!ing on your yarn ) slightly !ifferent gauge will gi*e you a slightly smaller or larger hat, but all baby hea!s are !ifferent anyway. +inishe! Si,e: ''-'2in (2--3..5cm in circumference )bbre*iations: cm & centimeters /0 & cast on !pns & !ouble-pointe! nee!les g & grams in & inches 1 & 1nit 12tog & 1nit 2 together & insert nee!le into two stitches at once an! 1nit as one stitch m & meter(s mm & millimeters o, & ounces p & purl p2tog & purl 2 together & insert nee!le purlwise into two stitches at once an! purl as one stitch rep & repeat rn!(s & roun!(s st(s & stitch(es stst & stoc1inette stich & 1nit ' row, purl ' row if wor1ing bac1 an! forth2 1nit e*ery roun! if wor1ing in the roun! tog & together y!(s & yar!(s yo & yarn o*er & if 1nitting, bring yarn to front between nee!les, then up an! o*er right nee!le an! to the bac1 of wor12 if purling, bring yarn up an! o*er right nee!le an! to the bac1 of wor1, then to front between nee!les

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PATTERN /0 %2 sts an! !istribute to !pns. 3oin, being careful not to twist. 4or1 12, p2 ribbing for $ rn!s. 5yelet 6ersion 0nly: Rnds 1-3: 1nit. Rnd 4: 71', 12tog, yo, 138 to en!. Rnds 5-7: 1nit. Rnd 8: 71(, 12tog, yo8 to en!. 9ep Rnds 1-8 twice more. /ontinue to /rown Shaping below. :eart 6ersion 0nly: Rnds 1-3: 1nit. Rnd 4: 71$, p', 158 to en!. Rnd 5: 715, ;p', 1'< twice, 138 to en!. Rnd 6: 71(, ;p', 1'< three times, 128 to en!. Rnds 7, 9, 11: 713, ;p', 1'< four times, 1'8 to en!. Rnds 8, 10: 712, ;p', 1'< fi*e times8 to en!. Rnd 12: 71(, ;p', 13< twice8 to en!. =nit '2 more rn!s. /ontinue to /rown Shaping below. >iamon! 6ersion 0nly: Rnds 1-3: 1nit. Rnds 4, 12: 71$, p', 158 to en!. Rnds 5, 11: 715, p', 1', p', 1(8 to en!. Rnds 6, 10: 71(, p', 13, p', 138 to en!. Rnds 7, 9: 713, p', 15, p', 128 to en!. Rnd 8: 712, p', 1%, p', 1'8 to en!. =nit '2 more rn!s. /ontinue to /rown Shaping below. /rown Shaping (5yelet, :eart, an! >iamon! 6ersions : Rnds 1-11, odd: 1nit. Rnd 2: 71(, 12tog8 to en! - $. sts. Rnd 4: 713, 12tog8 to en! - (- sts. Rnd 6: 712, 12tog8 to en! - 3$ sts. Rnd 8: 71', 12tog8 to en! - 2( sts. Rnd 10: 12tog to en! - '2 sts. /ut tail an! threa! through remaining loops. ?ull tight an! tie off. 4ea*e in en!s. -2-

Stripe! 6ersion 0nly: )fter initial $ rn!s of ribbing in color ), wwitch to color @, without cutting color ). =nit two rn!s with color @. Switch bac1 to color ), without cutting color @, by twisting the two stran!s behin! wor1. =nit two rn!s with color ). /ontinue in stst, changing colors e*ery two rn!s, for 2( rn!s abo*e ribbing. +ollow crown shaping as abo*e, but continue to change color e*ery two rn!s. 9ibbe! 6ersion 0nly: /0 %2 sts an! !istribute to !pns. 3oin, being careful not to twist. 4or1 12, p2 ribbing for 3. rn!s. /rown Shaping (9ibbe! 6ersion : Rnd 1: 712, p2, 12, p2tog8 to en! - $3 sts. Rnd 2: 712, p2, 12, p'8 to en!. Rnd 3: 712, p2, 1', p2tog8 to en! - 5( sts. Rnd 4: 712, p2, 1', p'8 to en!. Rnd 5: 712, p2, p2tog8 to en! - (5 sts. Rnd 6: 712, p38 to en!. Rnd 7: 712, p', p2tog8 to en! - 3$ sts. Rnd 8: 712, p28 to en!. Rnd 9: 712tog, p2tog8 to en! - '- sts. Rnd 10: 71', p'8 to en!. Rnd 11: 12tog to en! - A sts. /ut tail an! threa! through remaining loops. ?ull tight an! tie off. 4ea*e in en!s.

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