Baby Hat

My neighbor asked if I could make a hat and booties set for her sister who has a baby on the way. Not knowing the sex was hard but this is what I came up with. The ribbing makes it a stretchy hat so should fit a newborn for awhile. The ribbing for this hat was inspired by Busting Stitches Ribbed Hat  So if you are looking for a hat with single ribbing instead of double head over there :) She also has bigger sizes available. 

Pattern for booties can be found HERE


THIS PATTERN IS WRITTEN IN US TERMS. IF YOU NEED HELP CONVERTING STITCHES TO UK TERMS PLEASE SEE THIS CHART THAT ALSO PROVIDES LINKS TO VIDEO INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO COMPLETE THE BASIC STITCHES.  IF YOU NEED MORE ADVANCED INSTRUCTIONS PLEASE SEARCH YOUTUBE OR GOOGLE THE STITCH

Special stitches:

FPDC - http://newstitchaday.com/front-post-double-crochet-stitch/

BPDC - http://newstitchaday.com/back-post-double-crochet-stitch/

Camel Stitch SC - http://www.ehow.com/how_6338988_camel-crochet-instructions.html

To work the camel stitch in the round go into the back horizontal loop below the top v.



Materials:

5.0 mm crochet hook
DK or Light WW yarn
Scissors
Yarn needle

Gauge: First 2 rounds of hdc should measure 2 inches.

Starting with a magic circle or ch 3 and join with a slip stitch.

Round 1: Ch 2, 11 hdc in circle. Join to the top of ch 2 with a sl st (12 hdc) 

Round 2: Ch 2, hdc in same st as ch 2, 2 hdc in each st around. Join to the top of ch 2 with a sl st (24 hdc) 

Round 3: Ch 2, hdc in same st as ch 2, *hdc in next st, 2 hdc in next* around. Join to the top of ch 2 with a sl st (36 hdc)

Round 4: Ch 2, hdc in same st as ch 2, hdc in next 2 stitches, *2 hdc in next stitch, hdc in next 2 st* around. Join to the top of ch 2 with a sl st (48 hdc)

Round 5: Ch 2, hdc in same st as ch 2, hdc in next 11stitches, *2 hdc in next stitch, hdc in next 11 stitches* repeat around. Join to top of ch 2 with a sl st. (52 hdc)

Round 6-12 : Ch 2, bpdc in nxt st, *fpdc in next 2 stitches, bpdc in next 2 stitches* around. Join to ch 2 with a sl st.

Round 13-16: Ch 1, camel stitch sc in each stitch around. Join to first st (back loop not top v) with a sl st.

Finish off and weave in ends.

Ears:

Starting with a magic circle or ch 3 and join with a slip stitch.

Round 1: Ch 2, 11 hdc in circle. (12 hdc)

Round 2: Ch 2, hdc in same stitch as ch 2, 2 hdc in each st around. Join with a sl st to top of ch 2 (24 hdc)

Finish off, weave in ends and sew to the top of the hat.