Him: “Why don´t you crochet? We are driving on the straight road.”
Me: “I am thinking right now.”
Him: “Well you can think on mountain roads.”
We were driving to a spa resort for a short vacation. Whenever my partner drives, I crochet. And I love straight highways. Mountain roads are a different story. I feel quite dizzy but this time I waited for them. I put aside the hook and tried to picture this hat in my mind. I could see it clearly. As soon as I could which was hard with a baby and some crochet orders to fulfill that night, I finally had time to sit and crochet this new baby hat. I quickly wrote a pattern in order not to forget it and with a wave of nostalgia I named it a Spa baby beanie.
USEFUL TIPS
The pattern will not work with a Bernat blanket yarn (it is thicker!)
The part with the Nordic pattern is tighter than the other part. Please crochet loosely.
If it is too tight to go through both loops when crocheting the pattern you can do only front loop crochet, it does not do any harm to the pattern
“V” shape of the stitch: I did not finish a simple crochet stitch with brown yarn. I did only half and when having too loops on the hook I finished the simple crochet with creamy yarn.
This hat is crocheted from the top to brim.
So let´s try.
Spa Baby beannie with a Norwegian pattern
Size: 36-37 cm/14 in (1-2 months) or for a bigger newborn baby
Yarn: Himalaya Baby Dolphin Chenille Yarn creamy (80308) and brown (80321), available here (only for the Czech Republic)
Yarn alternatives for overseas (USA/Canada) are:
– YarnArt Dolce
– Kartopu Yumurcak
– Universal Yarn Bella Chenille
– Katia Bambi
– King Cole Yumi
– Red Heart Velvety
Weight: Super Bulky
Meterage: 100 g (3.53 ounces)/120 m (135 yards) (! be careful original yarn Himalaya is a little bit thinner than Bernat blanket yarn so the result might vary)
Hook size: 6/J/10 (I crochet pretty tight so you may need smaller hooks)
Pompom (2x) You can crochet a pompom from an eyelash yarn, tutorial here or you can buy one
Needle and thread
Decorative button or decorative tag
Time: at about 2 hours
Suitable for pre-intermediate
US terminology:
MC – Magic Circle
Sl St – slip stitch
CH – chain stitch
SC – single crochet
FP HDC – front post half double crochet
BP HDC – back post half double crochet
Each row starts with either 1 CH = Single Crochet or 2 CH = Half Double Crochet and ends with SlSt. I do not mention it in the pattern.