Cutest Newborn Shorts by Katie Julian

Cutest Newborn Shorts

Crochet
August 2016
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
18 stitches and 9 rows = 4 inches
in Gauge: With 4mm crochet hook; ch 20, dc in 3rd ch from hook and in each ch across. (3 skipped chains counts as 1 dc) (18 dc) Ch 3, turn, dc in next st and in each st across. (18 dc) Repeat until you have 9 rows. 18 dc across X 9 rows high; should measur
4.0 mm (G)
4.5 mm
80 - 150 yards (73 - 137 m)
Newborn
US
English

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Skill Level: Easy

Special Notes: This pattern fits newborn to approximately 3 months.
This pattern is worked in rounds from the tip top to the brim. Pom-pom is added at the end

Materials:

  • 4mm and 4.5mm crochet hook
  • 2 skeins of worsted weight yarn in two different colors. (MC- main color/TC- trim color) I used Hobby Lobby’s I Love This Yarn in Turquoise and Grey Beard.
  • Darning Needle
  • Pom-pom maker of any kind

Stitches & Abbreviations:

  • Beg- beginning
  • ch- chain
  • st(s)- stitch(es)
  • sl st- slip stitch
  • sc- single crochet
  • dc- double crochet
  • fpdc- front post double crochet
  • bpdc- back post double crochet

Gauge: With 4mm crochet hook; ch 20, dc in 3rd ch from hook and in each ch across. (3 skipped chains counts as 1 dc) (18 dc) Ch 3, turn, dc in next st and in each st across. (18 dc) Repeat until you have 9 rows.
18 dc across X 9 rows high; should measure 4”X4”. Change hook size up or down to get correct gauge.