Columns of paired post stitches create texture in this newborn hat. A video tutorial is available to guide beginners through forming the post stitches.

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Skills Used
Basic crochet stitches: chain, double crochet, single crochet, slip stitch
Crocheting in the round
Increasing
Special stitch: FPdc (with written explanation in pattern and video tutorial)

Skill Level
Intermediate

Finished Size
Newborn: 12.5” (32 cm) hat circumference x 5” (13 cm) height.

Materials
Loops & Threads Impeccable yarn (100% acrylic, 4.5 oz/128 g/268 yd/245 m) – 1 skein in 01222 Fern, or approximately 75 yd (68.5 m) in any medium weight yarn.

US Size I-9/5.5 mm crochet hook, or size needed to obtain gauge.

Yarn needle.

Gauge
Through Rnd 5 in pattern = 4” (10 cm) diameter. For best fit, always check your gauge.